14-letter words containing e, t, h, l
- at full length — stretched out; completely extended
- at loggerheads — If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other.
- at one's heels — just behind or following closely
- athlete's foot — Athlete's foot is a fungal infection in which the skin between the toes becomes cracked or peels off.
- athletic coach — a person qualified to train athletes
- athletic heart — nonpathological enlargement of the heart resulting from intensive aerobic exercise.
- aurothiomalate — (chemistry) A thiomalate with the addition of gold.
- authority file — a file, either on cards or in machine-readable format, in which decisions involving bibliographic records, particularly for form of entry, are recorded to establish a precedent or rule for subsequent decisions and to provide for consistency of entries.
- azimuth circle — a device for measuring azimuths, consisting of a graduated ring equipped with a sighting vane on each side, which fits concentrically over a compass.
- bachelor chest — a chest of drawers, esp., one for men's shirts, sweaters, underwear, etc.
- bachelor party — A bachelor party is a party for a man who is getting married very soon, to which only men are invited.
- balance weight — a weight used in machines to counterbalance a part, as of a crankshaft
- baltimore chop — a batted ball that takes a high bounce upon hitting the ground on or immediately in front of home plate, often enabling the batter to reach first base safely.
- barrel shifter — (hardware) A hardware device that can shift or rotate a data word by any number of bits in a single operation. It is implemented like a multiplexor, each output can be connected to any input depending on the shift distance.
- barrel-chested — A barrel-chested man has a large, rounded chest.
- batement light — a compartment of a window with tracery, the bottom of which is formed by the arched head of a compartment or compartments below.
- batting helmet — a rigid plastic cap with a sidepiece extending down over the ear, worn for protection while batting
- be in the loop — If someone is in the loop, they are part of a group of people who make decisions about important things, or they know about these decisions. If they are out of the loop, they do not make or know about important decisions.
- be on the ball — to be alert; be efficient
- bead lightning — lightning in which the intensity appears to vary along the path and which thus resembles a string of beads.
- beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
- belo horizonte — a city in SE Brazil, the capital of Minas Gerais state. Pop: 5 304 000 (2005 est)
- below the belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- below the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- below-the-belt — Something that is below the belt is cruel and unfair.
- below-the-line — denoting the entries printed below the horizontal line on a company's profit-and-loss account that show how any profit is to be distributed
- bend the rules — to ignore rules or change them to suit one's own convenience
- bengal catechu — catechu.
- bethlehem sage — a plant, Pulmonaria saccharata, of the borage family, native to Europe, having mottled, white leaves and white or reddish-purple flowers in clusters.
- between whiles — now and then; at intervals
- bible-thumping — an evangelist or other person who quotes the Bible frequently, especially as a means of exhortation or rebuke.
- bill of health — a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
- black panthers — (in the US) a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people
- blanket finish — a finish so close that a blanket would cover all the contestants involved
- blanket stitch — a strong reinforcing stitch for the edges of blankets and other thick material
- blanket-stitch — a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.
- bleeding heart — If you describe someone as a bleeding heart, you are criticizing them for being sympathetic towards people who are poor and suffering, without doing anything practical to help.
- blepharoplasty — cosmetic surgery performed on the eyelid
- bletchley park — the Buckinghamshire estate which was the centre of British code-breaking operations during World War II
- bletheranskate — a blatherer
- bolshoi ballet — a ballet company founded in Moscow in 1776.
- bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
- boutique hotel — A boutique hotel is a small, high-quality and usually attractive hotel.
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- break the mold — If you say that someone breaks the mold, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
- breathtakingly — thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance.
- bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
- british legion — (in Britain) a national social club for veterans of the armed forces.
- bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
- brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.