13-letter words containing r, o, b, h, e
- redondo beach — a city in SW California.
- rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- robber trench — a trench that originally contained the foundations of a wall, the stones of which have been taken away
- rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
- southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- the better of — having recovered from
- the boat race — a rowing event held annually in the spring, in which an eight representing Oxford University rows against one representing Cambridge University on the Thames between Putney and Mortlake
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- the noble art — boxing
- thereinbefore — before that
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
- tobacco heart — a functional disorder of the heart, characterized by a rapid and often irregular pulse, caused by excessive use of tobacco.
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
- unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
- wheelbarrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wheelbarrow.
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- whole brother — a brother whose parents are the same as one's own.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.