16-letter words containing s, h, a, d, b
- shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
- sir herbert read — George, 1733–98, American political leader: served in the Continental Congress 1774–77.
- st. john's-bread — carob (def 2).
- stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
- the barren lands — a region of tundra in N Canada, extending westwards from Hudson Bay: sparsely inhabited, chiefly by Inuit
- the red brigades — a group of urban guerrillas, based in Italy, who kidnapped and murdered the former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro (1916–78) in 1978
- the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
- the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
- tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
- tread the boards — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
- whatever sb does — You say whatever you do when giving advice or warning someone about something.