17-letter words containing h, o, b, l, e
- semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
- star of bethlehem — the star that is supposed to have appeared above Bethlehem at the birth of Christ
- star-of-bethlehem — any of several plants belonging to the genus Ornithogalum, of the lily family, having grasslike leaves and clusters of white flowers.
- synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
- teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
- teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
- telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
- telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- the bulldog breed — people who fought in either of the World Wars
- the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
- the whole boiling — the whole lot
- the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
- to beat the clock — If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended.
- to eat humble pie — If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
- to hit the bottle — If someone hits the bottle, they drink a lot of alcohol.
- toothbrush holder — a container or rack in a bathroom where toothbrushes are kept when not in use
- welshman's button — an angler's name for a species of caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum
- whiskey rebellion — a revolt of settlers in western Pennsylvania in 1794 against a federal excise tax on whiskey: suppressed by militia called out by President George Washington to establish the authority of the federal government.
- white blood cells — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.