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15-letter words containing h, u, b, l

  • southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the public weal — the public good; the good of society
  • travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
  • unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • under the table — of, relating to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
  • under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
  • unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • unteachableness — the quality or condition of being unteachable
  • washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
  • well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
  • welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
  • wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
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