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13-letter words containing i, r, s, h, b

  • replenishable — able to be replenished
  • reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • 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
  • scabbard fish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
  • schreibersite — a mineral, iron-nickel phosphide, (Fe, Ni) 3 P, found only in meteorites.
  • shark biscuit — a bodyboard
  • shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
  • shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
  • 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.
  • snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
  • south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
  • spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • 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.
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
  • toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
  • untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
  • vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • web publisher — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
  • west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
  • whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
  • witches' brew — a potent magical concoction supposedly prepared by witches.
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