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13-letter words containing b, u, c, h, e

  • laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
  • letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
  • liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
  • luncheon club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • on the bounce — in succession; one after the other
  • pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
  • queen's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
  • rauschenbuschWalter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • rubber cheque — a cheque that bounces
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
  • speech bubble — cartoon: spoken text in a balloon
  • sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
  • surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
  • thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • un-attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
  • unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
  • unimpeachable — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • unstaunchable — incapable of being stopped
  • unstretchable — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • upper chamber — upper house.
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