13-letter words containing h, o, b, l
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- double whammy — twofold misfortune
- double-clutch — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- double-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- erythroblasts — Plural form of erythroblast.
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- foot the bill — pay the costs
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
- global search — a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters
- globe theatre — a theater on the south bank of the Thames in London, 1599–1613: many of Shakespeare's plays were first produced here.
- globe thistle — any of various Old World, thistlelike, composite plants of the genus Echinops, having dense heads of tubular blue or white flowers.
- goldfish bowl — round glass container for goldfish
- hail columbia — hell (used as a euphemism): He caught Hail Columbia for coming home late.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- heart trouble — cardiac condition
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- hemimetabolic — (zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
- 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.
- honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
- hoodman-blind — blindman's buff.
- hospitability — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital bill — the bills incurred for receiving hospital treatment
- 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