17-letter words containing h, o, n, r, b
- rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- save one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
- squash vine borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Melittia satyriniformis, that bores into the stems of squash and related plants.
- sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
- synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
- 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 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 carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
- theory of numbers — number theory.
- to break the bank — If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
- to the bitter end — If you say that you will continue doing something to the bitter end, especially something difficult or unpleasant, you are emphasizing that you will continue doing it until it is completely finished.
- wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
- 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.
- write the book on — to be the definitive authority or expert on