15-letter words containing b, o, n, h, e
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- spanish bayonet — any of certain plants belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, having narrow, spine-tipped leaves and a cluster of white flowers.
- spin the bottle — a game in which someone spins a bottle and receives a kiss from the person at whom the bottle points on coming to rest.
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- telephone booth — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
- the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
- the-arbitration — a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
- thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- visible horizon — horizon (def 1).
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- whalebone whale — any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, having plates of whalebone on the sides of the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water.
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.