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13-letter words containing h, a, b

  • surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
  • symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
  • syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
  • table--d-hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • take the bait — If you take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English.
  • teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
  • team handball — a game, similar to soccer, played between two teams of seven players who catch, dribble, throw, or hit the ball with the hands.
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
  • thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
  • 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 backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • the beautiful — the quality of beauty
  • 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 big apple — New York City
  • the boat race — a rowing event held annually in the spring, in which an eight representing Oxford University rows against one representing Cambridge University on the Thames between Putney and Mortlake
  • the caribbean — the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
  • the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
  • the heavy mob — a group of heavies or enforcers
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • the noble art — boxing
  • 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)
  • the-big-apple — New York City.
  • thermal baths — warm water spa
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
  • thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
  • thiocarbamide — thiourea.
  • 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.
  • thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
  • thorough bass — figured bass.
  • thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
  • throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
  • tobacco heart — a functional disorder of the heart, characterized by a rapid and often irregular pulse, caused by excessive use of tobacco.
  • tobacco pouch — a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • treble chance — a method of betting in football pools in which the chances of winning are related to the number of draws and the number of home and away wins forecast by the competitor
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • turban squash — a turban-shaped variety of winter squash, Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis.
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • un-attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
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