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15-letter words containing c, h, i, b, o

  • debathification — The process of removing former members of the ruling Bath party of Iraq from the military and civil office following the ousting of w Saddam Hussein.
  • dichlorobenzene — any of a group of three insoluble isomeric chemical compounds used in solvents, insecticides, and dyes
  • dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
  • dysmorphophobic — relating to or affected with dysmorphophobia
  • eleutherophobic — afraid of freedom
  • exhibitionistic — Having a tendency toward exhibitionism.
  • fine-tooth comb — a comb having narrow, closely set teeth.
  • fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
  • globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
  • hobson's choice — the choice of taking either that which is offered or nothing; the absence of a real alternative.
  • honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
  • hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
  • hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
  • mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
  • nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
  • nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
  • orthoboric acid — boric acid (def 1). Compare ortho- (def 2).
  • orthopaedic bed — a specially firm bed designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints
  • phlebosclerosis — sclerosis, or hardening, of the walls of veins.
  • psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
  • psychobiologist — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
  • public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • 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.
  • thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • tortoise brooch — a domed, oval brooch worn in pairs by Viking women.
  • touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
  • turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
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