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14-letter words containing s, t, h, b, o

  • exhibitionists — Plural form of exhibitionist.
  • fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • foster brother — a boy brought up with another child of different parents.
  • get hold of sb — If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.
  • ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
  • hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
  • harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
  • hats off to sb — If you say 'Hats off to someone', you are expressing admiration for them.
  • have sth on sb — If someone has something on you, they have evidence that you have done something wrong or bad. If they have nothing on you, they cannot prove that you have done anything wrong or bad.
  • heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
  • hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
  • hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
  • holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
  • holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
  • hors de combat — disabled or injured
  • hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
  • hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
  • hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
  • hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • it's no bother — If you say 'it's no bother' after offering to do something for someone, you are emphasizing that you really want to do it and that it will take very little effort.
  • john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
  • john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
  • keep the books — to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise
  • morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
  • opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
  • or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
  • outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
  • prohibitionist — a person who favors or advocates prohibition.
  • sabbath school — Sunday school.
  • shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • subject to sth — If an event will take place subject to a condition, it will take place only if that thing happens.
  • sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
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