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15-letter words containing h, b, e

  • battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
  • bay of campeche — the SW part of the Gulf of Mexico
  • be having sb on — If you are having someone on, you are pretending that something is true when it is not true, for example as a joke or in order to tease them.
  • be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
  • be lost without — If you say that you would be lost without someone or something, you mean that you would be unhappy or unable to work properly without them.
  • be on the skids — to be on the decline or downgrade; meet with failure
  • be short on sth — If someone or something is short on a particular good quality, they do not have as much of it as you think they should have.
  • beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
  • beat all hollow — to outdo or surpass by far
  • beat the bounds — (formerly) to define the boundaries of a parish by making a procession around them and hitting the ground with rods
  • beat the bushes — a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
  • bedford heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • bedsheet ballot — a very long, involved paper ballot
  • beet leafhopper — a small leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that transmits a very destructive virus to sugar beets
  • before the fact — before the commission of the offence
  • before the mast — as an apprentice seaman
  • before the wind — with the wind coming from astern
  • beginning rhyme — the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words; alliteration, as in The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.
  • bello horizonte — a city in SE Brazil.
  • belt-tightening — If you need to do some belt-tightening, you must spend less money and manage without things because you have less money than you used to have.
  • belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • bench scientist — a scientist who does experiments in a laboratory
  • benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
  • benzyl chloride — a colorless, corrosive liquid, C 7 H 7 Cl, used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of benzyl compounds.
  • berenice's hair — the constellation Coma Berenices
  • berkshire hills — region of wooded hills in W Mass.: resort area
  • beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
  • best-ball match — a match, scored by holes, in which one player competing against two or more others must score lower than the lowest scoring opponent to win a hole.
  • beyond the pale — If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
  • biblical hebrew — the Hebrew language used in the Old Testament. Abbreviation: BiblHeb.
  • big bang theory — In astronomy the big bang theory is a theory that suggests that the universe was created as a result of an extremely large explosion.
  • big white chief — an important person, boss, or leader
  • billing machine — a business machine used to itemize and total customer accounts, produce bills, post account records, etc.
  • billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
  • biogeochemistry — the science of biological, chemical, and geological aspects of the environment
  • biomathematical — relating to biomathematics
  • biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
  • bipartite graph — complete graph
  • birch partridge — ruffed grouse
  • birthing center — a medical facility for the labor and childbirth experience in a family-friendly, homelike environment.
  • birthing centre — a private maternity hospital
  • bit on the side — an extramarital affair
  • bite the bullet — to face up to (pain, trouble, etc) with fortitude; be stoical
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
  • black horehound — a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra, having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
  • black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
  • blackberry bush — a bush on which blackberries grow
  • blagoveshchensk — a city and port in E Russia, in Siberia on the Amur River. Pop: 222 000 (2005 est)
  • blasphemousness — the quality of being blasphemous
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