15-letter words containing h, a, i, r, s, b
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
- 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.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- spinach-rhubarb — an Ethiopian plant, Rumex abyssinicus, of the buckwheat family, having leaves that are sometimes used as spinach and leafstalks sometimes used as rhubarb.
- 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.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended