14-letter words containing h, u, b, l, e
- hercules'-club — a prickly North American araliaceous shrub, Aralia spinosa, with medicinal bark and leaves
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- khmer republic — a former official name of Cambodia.
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
- methylene blue — a dark-green, crystalline compound, C 1 6 H 1 8 ClN 3 S, that dissolves in water to form a deep-blue solution: used chiefly as a dye, as a bacteriological and biological stain, and as an antidote for cyanide poisoning.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- miller's thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- miller's-thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- multiple birth — a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
- plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
- shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- the blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undiminishable — unable to be diminished
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
- unvanquishable — not able to be vanquished or overcome; unconquerable; undefeatable
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.