13-letter words containing h, o, b, l, e, s
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
- lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
- lubber's hole — (in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
- 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.
- 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
- unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.