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15-letter words containing s, h, i, b, u

  • mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
  • muslim brothers — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna (1906–49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state.
  • neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
  • non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
  • novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
  • outside the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
  • pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
  • pubic symphysis — the fixed joint at the front of the pelvic girdle where the halves of the pubis meet.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • rub elbows with — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
  • scrubbing brush — a handheld brush with short stiff bristles, used esp for scrubbing floors
  • snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
  • southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
  • spinach-rhubarb — an Ethiopian plant, Rumex abyssinicus, of the buckwheat family, having leaves that are sometimes used as spinach and leafstalks sometimes used as rhubarb.
  • sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • 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.
  • touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
  • unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
  • uninhibitedness — the state or quality of being uninhibited
  • washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
  • winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
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