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20-letter words containing h, b, o, m

  • mean something to sb — If a name, word, or phrase means something to you, you have heard it before and you know what it refers to.
  • member of the public — a member of the general population
  • membranous labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
  • meta-dichlorobenzene — a colorless liquid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used as a fumigant and insecticide.
  • mobile phone chicken — a highly dangerous game in which a person is challenged to perform a hazardous stunt which he or she films with a camera phone
  • moreton bay chestnut — an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture
  • potassium bichromate — an orange-red, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, K 2 Cr 2 O 7 , used chiefly in dyeing, photography, and as a laboratory reagent.
  • prime number theorem — the theorem that the number of prime numbers less than or equal to a given number is approximately equal to the given number divided by its natural logarithm.
  • saint john ambulance — an organization that provides first aid and first-aid training
  • scheme object system — (SOS) Chris Hanson?
  • semiautobiographical — pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
  • shaken baby syndrome — a usually fatal condition of abused infants brought on by violent shaking by the arms or shoulders that causes severe internal bleeding, especially around the brain and in the eyes.
  • the (whole) ballgame — the main or decisive factor, event, etc.
  • to be a one-man show — to be reliant on one person alone
  • tomb of the unknowns — See under Unknown Soldier.
  • toothbrush moustache — a short narrow moustache, resembling the filaments of a toothbrush
  • tribromoacetaldehyde — bromal.
  • twiddle one's thumbs — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
  • watch someone's back — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • webbing clothes moth — a small brown moth, Tineola biselliella, the larva of which feeds on woolens and spins a web when feeding.
  • wet-bulb thermometer — a thermometer having a bulb that is kept moistened when humidity determinations are being made with a psychrometer.
  • white people problem — a fairly minor problem, complaint, etc., associated with a relatively high standard of living; a first world problem.
  • wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.
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