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15-letter words containing s, h, a, d, b

  • ambassadorships — Plural form of ambassadorship.
  • bad housekeeper — a person who is not an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
  • bag on the side — An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system."
  • bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
  • bait-and-switch — denoting a deceptive method of selling, by which customers, attracted to a store by sale items, are told either that the advertised bargain item is out of stock or is inferior to a higher-priced item that is available.
  • barley sandwich — a drink of beer, esp at lunch time
  • basic anhydride — a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound: an oxide of a nonmetal (acid anhydride) or a metal (basic anhydride) that forms an acid or a base, respectively, when united with water.
  • bathurst island — an island off the coast of N Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Archipelago: present south of the North Magnetic Pole nearby. 7609 sq. mi. (19,707 sq. km).
  • beat the bounds — (formerly) to define the boundaries of a parish by making a procession around them and hitting the ground with rods
  • bedsheet ballot — a very long, involved paper ballot
  • belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
  • 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)
  • boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
  • brights-disease — a disease characterized by albuminuria and heightened blood pressure.
  • brush discharge — a slightly luminous electrical discharge between points of high charge density when the charge density is insufficient to cause a spark or around sharp points on a highly charged conductor because of ionization of air molecules in their vicinity
  • 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.
  • burt l standishBurt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
  • buttress thread — a screw thread having one flank that is vertical while the other is inclined, and a flat top and bottom: used in machine tools and designed to withstand heavy thrust in one direction
  • chromosome band — any of the transverse bands that appear on a chromosome after staining. The banding pattern is unique to each type of chromosome, allowing characterization
  • dartmouth basic — (language)   The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
  • detachable lens — a lens on a digital camera that can be separated from the camera itself, making it easier for the photographer to take certain types of shot. A cable usually connects the disconnected lens and camera
  • disestablishing — Present participle of disestablish.
  • dishabilitation — the imposition of a legal disqualification
  • distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
  • doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
  • drop handlebars — aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
  • dysmorphophobia — an obsessive fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so
  • fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
  • flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
  • hard-shell crab — a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.
  • hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
  • hendecasyllable — a word or line of verse of 11 syllables.
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
  • labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
  • no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • old-established — established for a long time
  • pre-established — to establish beforehand.
  • pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
  • put sb to death — If someone is put to death, they are executed.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
  • the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.

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