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11-letter words containing b, o, t, h

  • prohibitory — prohibitive.
  • prothrombin — a plasma protein involved in blood coagulation that on activation by factors in the plasma is converted to thrombin.
  • push-button — operated by or as if by push buttons: push-button tuning.
  • rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
  • redhibition — the nullification of a sale because of a defect in the article sold of such nature as to make it totally or virtually unusable or as to have prevented the purchase if known to the buyer.
  • redhibitory — the nullification of a sale because of a defect in the article sold of such nature as to make it totally or virtually unusable or as to have prevented the purchase if known to the buyer.
  • rich object — In artificial intelligence, an object which cannot be completely described or represented but about which assertions can be made.
  • right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
  • scotophobin — a peptide isolated from the brains of rats conditioned to avoid darkness, alleged to induce a dark-avoidance response in untrained rats, mice, and other animals.
  • ship's boat — a boat for communication between ship and shore
  • sketch book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
  • stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • stepbrother — one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by a previous marriage.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
  • taphephobia — an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
  • technophobe — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • the borders — the area either side of the border between England and Scotland
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • the jobless — those who are unemployed
  • the lebanon — a republic in W Asia, on the Mediterranean: an important centre of the Phoenician civilization in the third millennium bc; part of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 until 1919; gained independence in 1941 (effective by 1945). Official language: Arabic; French and English are also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim and Christian. Currency: Lebanese pound. Capital: Beirut. Pop: 4 131 583 (2013 est). Area: 10 400 sq km (4015 sq miles)
  • theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
  • theophobist — a person who fears or despises God or religion
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thigh boots — boots that cover the thighs
  • thingamabob — thingamajig.
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • thrombocyte — platelet.
  • thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
  • throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
  • thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
  • thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • thumbs-down — an act or instance of dissent, disapproval, etc.
  • thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
  • timbrophily — the love of stamps; stamp collecting
  • to the bone — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
  • tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
  • toghril beg — ?990–1063 ad, Sultan of Turkey (1055–63), who founded the Seljuq dynasty and conquered Baghdad (1055)
  • torchbearer — a person who carries a torch.
  • touch rugby — a limited-contact version of rugby in which players seek to evade being touched (rather than tackled) while in possession of the ball
  • toxiphobiac — a person who suffers from toxicophobia
  • transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
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