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15-letter words containing d, a, h, b, e

  • feather banding — decorative banding of veneer or inlay having the grain laid diagonally to the grain of the principal surface.
  • fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
  • flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
  • gladbach-rheydt — a former city in W Germany; now part of Mönchengladbach.
  • go by the board — If something goes by the board, it is rejected or ignored, or is no longer possible.
  • half-remembered — (of a memory, idea, etc) partially remembered or recalled
  • hard-boiled egg — egg boiled until the yolk is set
  • hard-shell crab — a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.
  • have got it bad — to be infatuated
  • hebrew calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
  • hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
  • hendecasyllable — a word or line of verse of 11 syllables.
  • herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • humpback bridge — arched bridge
  • hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
  • hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
  • hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
  • in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
  • medieval hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from the 6th to the 13th centuries a.d.
  • monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
  • no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • old-established — established for a long time
  • orthopaedic bed — a specially firm bed designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • pre-established — to establish beforehand.
  • pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
  • put sb to death — If someone is put to death, they are executed.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • richard gabriel — (person)   (Dick, RPG) Dr. Richard P. Gabriel. A noted SAIL LISP hacker and volleyball fanatic. Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Richard Gabriel is a leader in the Lisp and OOP community, with years of contributions to standardisation. He founded the successful company, Lucid Technologies, Inc.. In 1996 he was Distinguished Computer Scientist at ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. (later renamed ObjectShare, Inc.). See also gabriel, Qlambda, QLISP, saga.
  • robe-de-chambre — a dressing gown.
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
  • the black death — a form of bubonic plague pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century, when it killed over 50 million people
  • the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
  • the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • throw overboard — to reject or abandon
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • tree-and-branch — denoting a cable television system in which all available programme channels are fed to each subscriber
  • under the table — of, relating to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
  • under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
  • unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
  • wheatgerm bread — bread made with wheat germ
  • wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
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