16-letter words containing h, o, b, l

lyndon b johnson — Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
mulberry harbour — either of two prefabricated floating harbours towed across the English Channel to the French coast for the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944
non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
philip of swabia — 1180?–1208, king of Germany and uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1198–1208 (son of Frederick I).
phlebothrombosis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein.
photograph album — bound book for photos
port phillip bay — a bay in SE Australia: the harbor of Melbourne. 31 miles (50 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
psychobiological — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
public schoolboy — a boy attending a public school, or a man who attended one
publishing house — a company that publishes books, pamphlets, engravings, or the like: a venerable publishing house in Boston.
put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
ribbon lightning — a repeated lightning discharge in which successive strokes are displaced from each other by wind, resulting in a broadened appearance.
right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
scarborough lily — a plant, Vallota speciosa, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers.
school librarian — a librarian who works in or is in charge of a school library
scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
sensible horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
shoot one's bolt — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
slap on the back — to congratulate
south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
south sea bubble — the financial crash that occurred in 1720 after the South Sea Company had taken over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks
southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
to foot the bill — If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.

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