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13-letter words containing h, e, b, t, u

  • hunt saboteur — A hunt saboteur is someone who tries to stop a hunt from taking place or being successful because they believe it is cruel to the animal being hunted.
  • hunter's robe — pothos.
  • inexhaustible — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inexhaustibly — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • into the blue — into the unknown or the far distance
  • laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
  • letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
  • midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
  • mouthbreather — a person who breathes through the mouth instead of through the nose
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
  • on the bounce — in succession; one after the other
  • on the bubble — in a situation in which the outcome is uncertain but already in the process of being determined or decided
  • on the button — a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
  • on the double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • out of breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
  • public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • rumbledethump — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
  • shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
  • slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
  • south by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. Abbreviation: SbE.
  • south by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of south. Abbreviation: SbW.
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
  • the beautiful — the quality of beauty
  • the big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
  • the big issue — a weekly magazine, founded to highlight the plight of the homeless, and sold by homeless people
  • the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
  • thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • un-attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
  • unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
  • unestablished — not established.
  • uninhabitable — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
  • uninhibitedly — in an uninhibited manner
  • unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • unsmotherable — unquenchable
  • unstaunchable — incapable of being stopped
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