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13-letter words containing h, o, b, l, e

  • hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
  • hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
  • heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
  • hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
  • hollywood bed — a bed consisting of a metal frame, box spring, mattress, and headboard, but lacking a footboard.
  • holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
  • home assembly — assembly at home of something supplied in pieces
  • homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
  • honorableness — The property of being honorable.
  • hot-swappable — (of devices, disks, etc) capable of being inserted or removed from a computer system that is running, without causing damage or affecting performance
  • hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
  • hummle bonnet — a cap formerly worn by Scottish soldiers
  • hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hyperboloidal — Having the shape or form of a hyperboloid.
  • hypermobility — An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
  • hypometabolic — Relating to hypometabolism.
  • into the blue — into the unknown or the far distance
  • leghemoglobin — a hemoglobinlike red pigment in the root nodules of leguminous plants, as soybean, that is essential for nitrogen fixation.
  • liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
  • lo and behold — Lo and behold or lo is used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all.
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • lower chamber — lower house.
  • 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.
  • luncheon club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
  • luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
  • mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
  • methemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
  • methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
  • middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
  • nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
  • 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
  • north belmont — a town in S North Carolina.
  • northern blot — Biology, Medicine/Medical. a procedure for studying the activity of a specific gene, as in testing for a hereditary defect: RNA fragments in an extract of a cell population or a tissue are separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to a filter, and then hybridized with labeled DNA or RNA derived from a laboratory-engineered copy of the gene in order to identify the size and abundance of the RNA expressed by that gene.
  • on the bubble — in a situation in which the outcome is uncertain but already in the process of being determined or decided
  • 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.
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
  • oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
  • peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
  • phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
  • phony-baloney — nonsense; baloney.
  • photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
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