14-letter words containing b, o, t, h, r
- brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
- brown thrasher — a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage.
- browntail moth — kind of moth
- brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
- butcher's shop — a shop dedicated to the selling of meat
- button-through — (of a dress or skirt) fastened with buttons from top to hem
- charles talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- computerphobic — a computerphobe
- county borough — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and in Wales from 1996) a borough administered independently of any higher tier of local government
- daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
- debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
- draughts board — A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal-sized, black and white squares.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- dutch cupboard — a buffet with open upper shelves.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
- for the better — by way of improvement
- force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
- foster brother — a boy brought up with another child of different parents.
- ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
- globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- health problem — ailment or disorder
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- herbert hoover — Herbert (Clark) 1874–1964, 31st president of the U.S. 1929–33.
- heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
- horizontal bar — on a bar chart
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hydrophobicity — (chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
- hydroxybutyric — Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- it's no bother — If you say 'it's no bother' after offering to do something for someone, you are emphasizing that you really want to do it and that it will take very little effort.
- labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
- little bighorn — a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
- methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.
- molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years