15-letter words containing h, i, t, s
- borscht circuit — summer resort hotels in the Catskills and White Mountains, where entertainment is provided for the guests
- boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
- boys' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of men
- brachistochrone — the curve between two points through which a body moves under the force of gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve; the path of quickest descent
- bragging rights — notional privileges that are gained by defeating a close rival
- branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
- breathing space — A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
- brights-disease — a disease characterized by albuminuria and heightened blood pressure.
- bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
- bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
- british america — British North America.
- british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
- british english — the English language as spoken and written in England and as distinguished esp. from American English
- british library — the British national library, formed in 1973 from the British Museum library and other national collections: housed mainly in the British Museum until 1997 when a purpose-built library in St Pancras, London, was completed
- british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
- brushback pitch — a fast ball deliberately thrown at or too near a batter's head
- burt l standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- business ethics — moral constraints on trading practices
- captain's chair — a hardwood armchair having a low, curved back, formed of a single rail supported by spindles, and a saddle seat
- carmarthenshire — a county of S Wales, formerly part of Dyfed (1974–96): on Carmarthen Bay, with the Cambrian Mountains in the N: generally agricultural (esp dairying). Administrative centre: Carmarthen. Pop: 176 000 (2003 est). Area: 2398 sq km (926 sq miles)
- catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
- catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
- catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
- catholic school — a school that includes instruction in Roman Catholic faith in its curriculum, with teachers who are often nuns or monks
- caustic alcohol — sodium ethylate.
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
- chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
- characteristick — Obsolete form of characteristic.
- characteristics — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
- charismatically — In a charismatic way.
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
- chatham islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, forming a county of South Island, New Zealand: consists of the main islands of Chatham, Pitt, and several rocky islets. Chief settlement: Waitangi. Pop: 609 (2006 est). Area: 963 sq km (372 sq miles)
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
- chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
- chi-square test — a test derived from the chi-square distribution to compare the goodness of fit of theoretical and observed frequency distributions or to compare nominal data derived from unmatched groups of subjects
- chicago heights — a city in NE Illinois, S of Chicago.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chicken nuggets — small pieces of chicken fried in batter
- chief assistant — the most important or top-ranking assistant to an official
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
- chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer