14-letter words containing h, u, b
- the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
- 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
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- touch football — an informal variety of football in which the touching, usually with both hands, of a ball-carrier by a member of the opposing team results in a down.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- 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
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
- 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
- untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
- 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.
- weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
- web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- well-published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
- whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
- white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- witchetty grub — the large white larva of any of several species of moth and beetle of Australia, especially of the moth genus Cossus, occurring in decaying wood and traditionally used as food by Aborigines.
- without number — of too great a quantity to be counted; innumerable