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18-letter words containing h, o, t, b

  • how the wind blows — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
  • htmlcommentbox.com — (web)   A service for adding a comment box to any web page, allowing visitors to leave comments and the site owner to review them.
  • in company with sb — If you feel, believe, or know something in company with someone else, you both feel, believe, or know it.
  • indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
  • ionization chamber — a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation, consisting of a tube containing a low pressure gas and two electrodes between which a high voltage is maintained. The current between the electrodes is a function of the intensity of the radiation
  • johannes gutenberg — Johannes [yoh-hahn-uh s] /yoʊˈhɑn əs/ (Show IPA), (Johann Gensfleisch) c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.
  • john birch society — an ultraconservative organization, founded in December 1958 by Robert Welch, Jr., chiefly to combat alleged Communist activities in the U.S.
  • knight of the bath — a member of a knightly order founded by George I of England in 1725.
  • lambeth conference — a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.
  • lincoln's birthday — February 12, a legal holiday in some states of the U.S., in honor of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
  • lonely hearts club — a club for people who are trying to find a lover or a friend
  • long-horned beetle — any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Cerambycidae, usually with long antennae, the larva of which bores into the wood of living or decaying trees.
  • loschmidt's number — the number of molecules in one cubic centimeter of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure, equal to 2.687 × 10 19.
  • nebular hypothesis — the theory that the solar system evolved from a mass of nebular matter: prominent in the 19th century following its precise formulation by Laplace.
  • neighborhood watch — a neighborhood surveillance program or group in which residents keep watch over one another's houses, patrol the streets, etc., in an attempt to prevent crime.
  • noninterchangeable — That cannot be interchanged with another.
  • north attleborough — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • north bedfordshire — a city in Bedfordshire, in central England.
  • northeast by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbN.
  • northwest by north — a point on the compass, 11°15′ north of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbN.
  • not breathe a word — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
  • not by a long shot — absolutely not
  • octachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing eight chlorine atoms.
  • on the back burner — low priority
  • one's heart bleeds — used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
  • optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
  • probability theory — the theory of analyzing and making statements concerning the probability of the occurrence of uncertain events. Compare probability (def 4).
  • prometheus unbound — a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.
  • protease inhibitor — a drug that inhibits the action of protease, especially any of a class of antiviral drugs that prevent the cleavage and replication of HIV proteins.
  • put the clock back — to regress
  • rub shoulders with — to mix with socially or associate with
  • rubbish collection — the collection of domestic refuse for disposal
  • saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
  • scottish blackface — a common breed of hardy mountain sheep having horns and a black face, kept chiefly on the mainland of Scotland
  • see the last of sb — not encounter sb anymore
  • september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
  • shorthand notebook — a notebook used by a shorthand writer
  • sindbad the sailor — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.
  • so much the better — You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
  • southeast by south — a point on the compass 11°15′ south of southeast. Abbreviation: SEbS.
  • southwest by south — a point on the compass 11°15′ south of southwest. Abbreviation: SWbS.
  • stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
  • take a shine to sb — If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting.
  • the back of beyond — a very remote place
  • the better part of — a large part of
  • the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
  • the bottomless pit — the underworld; hell
  • the powers that be — You can refer to people in authority as the powers that be, especially when you want to say that you disagree with them or do not understand what they say or do.
  • the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
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