16-letter words containing o, n, t, h, e, b

in the same boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
john the baptist — the forerunner and baptizer of Jesus. Matt. 3.
labtech notebook — (tool, product) Commercial data aquisition software.
lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
lightbulb moment — a moment of sudden inspiration, revelation, or recognition
long-established — having a long history; old
non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
northanger abbey — a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.
oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
on the bandwagon — on the popular or apparently winning side, as in an election
on the beam-ends — tipping so far to the side as to be in danger of capsizing
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
one for the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
projection booth — a soundproof compartment in a theater where a motion-picture projector is housed and from which the picture is projected on the screen.
prometheus bound — a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
semi-hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
shoot one's bolt — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
siberian mammoth — a shaggy-coated mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America during the Ice Age, known from fossils, cave paintings, and well-preserved frozen carcasses.
slap on the back — to congratulate
smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
st. john's-bread — carob (def 2).
teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
the next but one — the one after the next
the subconscious — subconscious mental activity
the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
thumb one's nose — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
to beat the band — a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters.
tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.

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