15-letter words containing r, h, e, o, b, a
- photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- robe-de-chambre — a dressing gown.
- rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
- rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
- self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- short of breath — If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- substratosphere — the upper troposphere.
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- the-arbitration — a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
- thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
- thermobarometer — Also called hypsometer. an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, and sometimes altitude, from its effect upon the boiling point of a liquid.
- thiobarbiturate — a barbiturate in which a sulphur atom has replaced one oxygen atom
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- throw overboard — to reject or abandon
- torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- weather balloon — sounding balloon.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.