13-letter words containing h, a, b, e, s
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
- paraphrasable — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- 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.
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- siberian high — the prevailing high pressure system over Asia in winter.
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
- south by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. Abbreviation: SbE.
- spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
- spine-bashing — to rest; loaf.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- state chamber — a room for public ceremonies and celebrations.
- 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.
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
- surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
- teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
- that's better — You say 'That's better' in order to express your approval of what someone has said or done, or to praise or encourage them.
- the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
- thermal baths — warm water spa
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thomas hobbes — Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
- unestablished — not established.
- unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- unpublishable — not capable of being made available in print for distribution and sale
- 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.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable