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20-letter words containing h, a, r, b, o, i

  • prohibited substance — a substance, such as a drug, etc, that is banned or forbidden by law or other authority
  • royal british legion — an organization founded in 1921 to provide services and assistance for former members of the armed forces
  • semiautobiographical — pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
  • set the ball rolling — to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
  • short back and sides — If a man has a short back and sides, his hair is cut very short at the back and sides with slightly thicker, longer hair on the top of the head.
  • spherical aberration — variation in focal length of a lens or mirror from center to edge, due to its spherical shape.
  • step into the breach — If you step into the breach, you do a job or task which someone else was supposed to do or has done in the past, because they are suddenly unable to do it.
  • straight-cut tobacco — tobacco that is cut in such a way that it will lie flat.
  • switchboard operator — a person who operates an installation in a telephone exchange, office, hotel, etc, at which the interconnection of telephone lines is manually controlled
  • tetrahydrocannabinol — a compound, C 21 H 30 O 2 , that is the physiologically active component in cannabis preparations (marijuana, hashish, etc.) derived from the Indian hemp plant or produced synthetically. Abbreviation: THC.
  • therapeutic abortion — abortion performed when a woman's pregnancy endangers her health.
  • to be a warning shot — to be a warning
  • to bring up the rear — If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.
  • to disturb the peace — If someone is accused of disturbing the peace, they are accused of behaving in a noisy and offensive way in public.
  • to have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they do not like you and they want to make life difficult for you.
  • tribromoacetaldehyde — bromal.
  • war of the rebellion — American Civil War.
  • wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.
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