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

  • imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
  • in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
  • in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
  • inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
  • interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
  • interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
  • irritable heart — cardiac neurosis.
  • jacob ben asher — c1269–c1340, Hebrew commentator on the Bible and codifier of Jewish law.
  • john barleycorn — a personification of barley as used in malt liquor, of malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • knight banneret — banneret1 (def 2).
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
  • low earth orbit — (communications)   (LEO) The kind of orbit used by communications satellites that will offer high bandwidth for video on demand, television, and Internet communications. A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a geostationary orbit, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's surface so several satellites are required to provide continuous service.
  • marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
  • medieval hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from the 6th to the 13th centuries a.d.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • merchant banker — A merchant banker is someone who works for a merchant bank.
  • merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
  • mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
  • moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
  • neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
  • 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.
  • north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • orthopaedic bed — a specially firm bed designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints
  • parachute brake — a parachute opened horizontally from the tail of an airplane upon landing, used as an aid in braking. Also called parabrake. Compare drogue parachute (def 2).
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
  • pre-established — to establish beforehand.
  • probationership — the position of a probationer
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
  • refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
  • 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.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • robe-de-chambre — a dressing gown.
  • rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
  • rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
  • self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
  • set by the ears — to cause disagreement or commotion
  • short of breath — If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
  • sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
  • soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • strawberry bush — an E North American shrub or small tree, Euonymus americanus, having pendulous capsules that split when ripe to reveal scarlet seeds: family Celastraceae
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