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17-letter words containing s, h, o, t, e, b

  • hottentot's bread — elephant's-foot.
  • hubble's constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
  • hyperbolic secant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh; sech
  • jobs for the boys — If you refer to work as jobs for the boys, you mean that the work is unfairly given to someone's friends, supporters, or relations, even though they may not be the best qualified people to do it.
  • john wilkes booth — Ballington [bal-ing-tuh n] /ˈbæl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).
  • liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
  • lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
  • lobster thermidor — a dish of cooked lobster meat placed back in the shell with a cream sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and melted butter, and browned in the oven.
  • mark of the beast — the mark put on the forehead of those who worship the beast, the symbol of opposition to God.
  • northeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbE.
  • northwest by west — a point on the compass, 11°15′ west of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbW.
  • on one's deathbed — about to die
  • on the debit side — the debit side of a situation is the aspect of it which is less positive, pleasant, or useful than its other aspects
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • one for the books — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
  • out at the elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
  • pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
  • push the boat out — to celebrate, esp lavishly and expensively
  • put the kibosh on — nonsense.
  • rhinoceros beetle — any of several scarabaeid beetles, especially of the genus Dynastes, which comprises the largest beetles, characterized by one or more horns on the head and prothorax.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • save one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • saxe-coburg-gotha — a member of the present British royal family, from the establishment of the house in 1901 until 1917 when the family name was changed to Windsor.
  • shake one's booty — to dance
  • show sb the ropes — If you show someone the ropes, you show them how to do a particular job or task.
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • sodium bichromate — a red or orange crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and inks, as a corrosion inhibitor, a mordant, a laboratory reagent, in the tanning of leather, and in electroplating.
  • southeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of southeast. Abbreviation: SEbE.
  • southwest by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of southwest. Abbreviation: SWbW.
  • star of bethlehem — the star that is supposed to have appeared above Bethlehem at the birth of Christ
  • star-of-bethlehem — any of several plants belonging to the genus Ornithogalum, of the lily family, having grasslike leaves and clusters of white flowers.
  • state the obvious — point out sth already evident
  • stick to the ribs — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • take sth by storm — If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful.
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
  • the bag of tricks — every device; everything
  • the barbary coast — a historic name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa: a centre of piracy against European shipping from the 16th to the 19th centuries
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • the joke is on sb — If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that they have been made to look very foolish by something.
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
  • the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
  • theory of numbers — number theory.
  • throat sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
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