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18-letter words containing s, h, a, b

  • protease inhibitor — a drug that inhibits the action of protease, especially any of a class of antiviral drugs that prevent the cleavage and replication of HIV proteins.
  • publishing company — a firm which publishes books
  • punishment beating — a form of corporal punishment carried out by a paramilitary organization on a member of another sectarian organization, usually in Northern Ireland
  • pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
  • rheims-douay bible — Douay Bible.
  • ride a hobby horse — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
  • rosebay willowherb — a perennial onagraceous plant, Chamerion (formerly Epilobium) angustifolium, that has spikes of deep pink flowers and is widespread in open places throughout N temperate regions
  • saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
  • schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
  • scottish blackface — a common breed of hardy mountain sheep having horns and a black face, kept chiefly on the mainland of Scotland
  • see the last of sb — not encounter sb anymore
  • september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
  • shorthand notebook — a notebook used by a shorthand writer
  • sindbad the sailor — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.
  • southeast by south — a point on the compass 11°15′ south of southeast. Abbreviation: SEbS.
  • stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
  • sub-saharan africa — the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara desert
  • submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
  • substitute teacher — educator: replaces sb temporarily
  • take a shine to sb — If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting.
  • talk between ships — TBS (def 1).
  • the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
  • the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • the black and tans — a specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin
  • the blue hen state — a nickname for the state of Delaware
  • the powers that be — You can refer to people in authority as the powers that be, especially when you want to say that you disagree with them or do not understand what they say or do.
  • the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
  • the stars and bars — the flag of the Confederate States of America
  • the welsh assembly — the elected assembly for Wales, based in Cardiff, that has certain powers devolved from the UK government
  • the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
  • tick all the boxes — to satisfy all of the apparent requirements for success
  • to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
  • to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
  • to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
  • to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
  • two-chamber system — the system of having two parliamentary chambers, as the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the United Kingdom
  • under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • up to the eyeballs — You use up to the eyeballs to emphasize that someone is in an undesirable state to a very great degree.
  • urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
  • westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
  • what has become of — If you wonder what has become of someone or something, you wonder where they are and what has happened to them.
  • white man's burden — the alleged duty of white colonizers to care for nonwhite indigenous subjects in their colonial possessions.
  • whittaker chambers — Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
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