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17-letter words containing n, o, r, t, h, b

  • hyperbolic secant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh; sech
  • in broad daylight — openly, in full public view
  • in the background — behind the focus of attention
  • lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
  • little blue heron — a small heron, Egretta caerulea, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, having bluish-gray plumage.
  • methyltheobromine — caffeine.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • near-earth object — a comet or asteroid pushed by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into an orbit that allows it to enter the earth's orbit and thereby pose a danger of collision. Abbreviation: NEO.
  • neath port talbot — a county borough in S Wales, created from part of West Glamorgan in 1996. Administrative centre: Port Talbot. Pop: 135 300 (2003 est). Area: 439 sq km (169 sq miles)
  • north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • northeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbE.
  • northern bobwhite — any of several American quail of the genus Colinus, especially C. virginianus (northern bobwhite) having mottled reddish-brown, black, and white plumage.
  • northwest by west — a point on the compass, 11°15′ west of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbW.
  • number eight iron — a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a pitcher but less slope than a niblick.
  • number three wood — spoon (def 5).
  • old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
  • on the barrelhead — upon being presented for sale; at the time of delivery
  • on-the-job injury — On-the-job injury is bodily harm that is caused while you are doing your job.
  • one for the books — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
  • plymouth brethren — a religious sect founded c. 1827, strongly Puritanical in outlook and prohibiting many secular occupations for its members. It combines elements of Calvinism, Pietism, and millenarianism, and has no organized ministry
  • prohibition party — a U.S. political party organized in 1869, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
  • rhinoceros beetle — any of several scarabaeid beetles, especially of the genus Dynastes, which comprises the largest beetles, characterized by one or more horns on the head and prothorax.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
  • save one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
  • the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • theory of numbers — number theory.
  • to break the bank — If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
  • to the bitter end — If you say that you will continue doing something to the bitter end, especially something difficult or unpleasant, you are emphasizing that you will continue doing it until it is completely finished.
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
  • write the book on — to be the definitive authority or expert on
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