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17-letter words containing b, r, a, i, n, h

  • in broad daylight — openly, in full public view
  • in double harness — in a harness for two animals pulling the same carriage, plow, etc.
  • in the background — behind the focus of attention
  • inalienable right — right that cannot be taken away
  • indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
  • indian paintbrush — any of several semiparasitic plants belonging to the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, as C. linariaefolia, of the western U.S.: the state flower of Wyoming.
  • interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
  • ivan the terrible — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
  • john of salisbury — c1115–80, English prelate and scholar.
  • lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
  • lombrosian school — a school of criminology, promulgating the theories and employing the methods developed by Lombroso.
  • michigan bankroll — a large roll of paper money in small denominations.
  • nashville warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, having a gray head, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts.
  • nicholas bourbaki — the pseudonym of a group of mainly French mathematicians that, since 1939, has been producing a monumental work on advanced mathematics, Eléments de Mathématique
  • nonalcoholic beer — Nonalcoholic beer is beer that does not contain any alcohol.
  • north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • numbering machine — a handheld device for stamping numbers onto objects
  • old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
  • opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
  • plains of abraham — a high plain adjoining the city of Quebec, Canada: battlefield where the English under Wolfe defeated the French under Montcalm in 1759.
  • prohibition party — a U.S. political party organized in 1869, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
  • republic of china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
  • republic-of-china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • squash vine borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Melittia satyriniformis, that bores into the stems of squash and related plants.
  • stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
  • war establishment — the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
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