13-letter words containing h, o, b, l
- rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
- shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- 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.
- snowball bush — guelder rose.
- social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
- 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.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
- table--d-hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
- telephone box — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
- 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
- the noble art — boxing
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
- thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
- thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
- timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
- toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
- touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
- unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- unfashionably — in an unfashionable manner
- unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- wheelbarrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wheelbarrow.
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- whole brother — a brother whose parents are the same as one's own.
- 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.