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15-letter words containing o, n, h

  • be on the skids — to be on the decline or downgrade; meet with failure
  • be short on sth — If someone or something is short on a particular good quality, they do not have as much of it as you think they should have.
  • beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
  • beat the bounds — (formerly) to define the boundaries of a parish by making a procession around them and hitting the ground with rods
  • before the wind — with the wind coming from astern
  • bello horizonte — a city in SE Brazil.
  • benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
  • benzyl chloride — a colorless, corrosive liquid, C 7 H 7 Cl, used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of benzyl compounds.
  • beyond the pale — If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
  • big bang theory — In astronomy the big bang theory is a theory that suggests that the universe was created as a result of an extremely large explosion.
  • billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
  • biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
  • bishop auckland — a town in N England, in central Durham: seat of the bishops of Durham since the 12th century: light industries. Pop: 24 764 (2001)
  • bit on the side — an extramarital affair
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • black horehound — a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra, having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
  • blagoveshchensk — a city and port in E Russia, in Siberia on the Amur River. Pop: 222 000 (2005 est)
  • blasphemousness — the quality of being blasphemous
  • blenheim orange — a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
  • blotch printing — a fabric-printing method in which the ground color is transferred from the cylinder and the motif retains the original hue of the cloth.
  • blow one's horn — to boast about oneself; brag
  • boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
  • boating holiday — a holiday spent sailing or travelling in a canal boat, cruiser, etc
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • boil-in-the-bag — (of food) able to be boiled in a sealed bag until ready to eat
  • bonheur-du-jour — a delicate fall-front desk of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • book of changes — an ancient Chinese book of divination, in which 64 pairs of trigrams are shown with various interpretations.
  • booster cushion — an extra seat or cushion placed on an existing seat for a child to sit on in a car
  • borough council — a local government body elected by a borough
  • borough-english — (until 1925) a custom in certain English boroughs whereby the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
  • boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
  • box chronometer — a ship's chronometer, supported on gimbals in a wooden box
  • boys' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of men
  • brachistochrone — the curve between two points through which a body moves under the force of gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve; the path of quickest descent
  • branchial pouch — one of a series of rudimentary outcroppings of the inner pharyngeal wall, corresponding to the branchial grooves on the surface.
  • branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
  • bread and honey — money
  • breaking plough — a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
  • bring to a head — to bring or be brought to a crisis
  • bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
  • bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
  • british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
  • brompheniramine — a substance, C 16 H 19 BrN 2 , used as an antihistamine in the management of various allergies, as hay fever.
  • bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
  • brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
  • brown-tail moth — a white moth, Nygmia phaerrhoea, having a brown tuft at the end of the abdomen, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of various shade and fruit trees.
  • bullnose header — bull header (def 1).
  • bullnose-header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
  • bun in the oven — in the womb
  • business school — A business school is a school or college which teaches business subjects such as economics and management.
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