16-letter words containing b, o, h, r, u
- jude the obscure — a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy.
- kirribilli house — the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister
- mulberry harbour — either of two prefabricated floating harbours towed across the English Channel to the French coast for the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944
- norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
- photograph album — bound book for photos
- prometheus bound — a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
- right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- scarborough lily — a plant, Vallota speciosa, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers.
- south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
- southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
- southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
- telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- union membership — members of a trade union
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- write home about — a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- your better half — If you talk about your better half or your other half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.