13-letter words containing h, o, b, n
- bounty hunter — A bounty hunter is someone who tries to find or kill someone in order to get the reward that has been offered.
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
- branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
- brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- bring home to — to convince of
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- bronze whaler — a shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, of southern Australian waters, having a bronze-coloured back
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- brown hickory — a North American hickory tree, Carya glabra
- bûche de noël — a French Christmas cake made from a thin layer of spongecake that is rolled up and frosted so as to resemble a decorative Yule log
- buenas noches — good night
- bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
- buprenorphine — an opiate used medicinally as a powerful analgesic
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
- cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- chinese boxes — a nest of boxes, each of which fits into the next larger box
- chlorobenzene — a colourless volatile flammable insoluble liquid with an almond-like odour, made from chlorine and benzene and used as a solvent and in the preparation of many organic compounds, esp phenol and DDT. Formula: C6H5Cl
- chronobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the periodicity occurring in living organisms
- cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
- cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- cocaine habit — an addiction to cocaine
- counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
- cross-benches — (in the UK parliament) an area for members who are not allied to a particular party
- crossbenchers — Plural form of crossbencher.
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- debt of honor — a gambling debt: not legally enforceable
- 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.
- disinhibition — Psychology. a temporary loss of inhibition caused by an outside stimulus.
- disinhibitory — (esp of a drug) causing temporary loss of inhibition
- down the tube — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.