13-letter words containing i, n, e, r, h, b
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- fishbone fern — a common Australian fern, Nephrolepsis cordifolia, having fronds with many pinnae
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
- herborization — the act or process of herborizing
- hiberno-saxon — having the characteristics of both the Irish and English; Anglo-Irish.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypercinnabar — (mineral) A form of cinnabar that forms hexagonal crystals.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- inner harbour — a part of a harbour which is further inland
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- neighboorhood — Alternative spelling of neighbourhood.
- neighborhoods — Plural form of neighborhood.
- neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
- nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
- perennibranch — any amphibian that retains its gills throughout its life
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
- ring the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
- siberian high — the prevailing high pressure system over Asia in winter.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- the caribbean — the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
- thereinbefore — before that
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
- unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
- unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful