14-letter words containing l, a, h, b
- mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- metabolic heat — animal heat.
- methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
- molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- non-changeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- noninheritable — Not inheritable.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
- on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- pebble-leather — a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water.
- phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
- 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.
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- pitched battle — a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined.
- 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.
- port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
- preestablished — to establish beforehand.
- public holiday — national day off work
- rehabilitation — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rhombic aerial — a directional travelling-wave aerial, usually horizontal, consisting of two conductors each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombus
- rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- sabbath school — Sunday school.
- 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)
- scheme library — (library) (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
- school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- 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.
- slash and burn — Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land.
- slash-and-burn — of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
- squash-blossom — indicating or pertaining to a design or configuration resembling the flower of the squash plant, especially as found in jewelry made by various American Indians.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors