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18-letter words containing h, e, b, r

  • protease inhibitor — a drug that inhibits the action of protease, especially any of a class of antiviral drugs that prevent the cleavage and replication of HIV proteins.
  • pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
  • rheims-douay bible — Douay Bible.
  • richard p. gabriel — Richard Gabriel
  • ride a hobby horse — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
  • rosebay willowherb — a perennial onagraceous plant, Chamerion (formerly Epilobium) angustifolium, that has spikes of deep pink flowers and is widespread in open places throughout N temperate regions
  • rub shoulders with — to mix with socially or associate with
  • rubbish collection — the collection of domestic refuse for disposal
  • saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
  • schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
  • september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
  • shorthand notebook — a notebook used by a shorthand writer
  • shrubby cinquefoil — a small shrub, Potentilla fruticosa, of the rose family, native to the Northern temperate region, having pinnate leaves and numerous, showy, bright-yellow flowers.
  • sindbad the sailor — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.
  • so much the better — You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
  • stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
  • submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
  • substitute teacher — educator: replaces sb temporarily
  • take a deep breath — If you say that you took a deep breath before doing something dangerous or frightening, you mean that you tried to make yourself feel strong and confident.
  • the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
  • the better part of — a large part of
  • the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • the general public — the people in a society; people in general
  • the powers that be — You can refer to people in authority as the powers that be, especially when you want to say that you disagree with them or do not understand what they say or do.
  • the stars and bars — the flag of the Confederate States of America
  • the weather bureau — the national agency responsible for collecting data about the weather and issuing forecasts
  • the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
  • thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
  • three-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of three bodies in space moving under the influence of only their mutual gravitational attraction.
  • tip of the iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
  • to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
  • to be on the radar — to be noticed or important
  • to be on the rocks — if something such as a marriage or a business is on the rocks, it is experiencing very severe difficulties and looks likely to end very soon
  • to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
  • to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
  • to the manner born — a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.: I don't like the manner in which he complained.
  • too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
  • two-chamber system — the system of having two parliamentary chambers, as the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the United Kingdom
  • under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • under the jackboot — If a country or group of people is under the jackboot, they are suffering because the government is cruel and undemocratic.
  • urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
  • water on the brain — hydrocephalus.
  • westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
  • white man's burden — the alleged duty of white colonizers to care for nonwhite indigenous subjects in their colonial possessions.
  • whittaker chambers — Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
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