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14-letter words containing h, u, e, b

  • homeward bound — going home
  • honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • 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.
  • interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
  • james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
  • khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
  • 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.
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • 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.
  • mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
  • multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
  • multiple birth — a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
  • nebuchadnezzar — Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] /ˌnɛb ə kədˈrɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ-/ (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25.
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • nip in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
  • nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
  • on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
  • or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
  • orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
  • out of the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
  • outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 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.
  • pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
  • queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
  • raspberry bush — a bush on which raspberries grow
  • rotten borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
  • round the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • 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.
  • shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
  • 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
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