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15-letter words containing s, t, h, b

  • bragging rights — notional privileges that are gained by defeating a close rival
  • branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
  • breach of trust — a violation of duty by a trustee or any other person in a fiduciary position
  • breathing space — A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
  • brights-disease — a disease characterized by albuminuria and heightened blood pressure.
  • bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
  • bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
  • british america — British North America.
  • british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
  • british english — the English language as spoken and written in England and as distinguished esp. from American English
  • british library — the British national library, formed in 1973 from the British Museum library and other national collections: housed mainly in the British Museum until 1997 when a purpose-built library in St Pancras, London, was completed
  • british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
  • bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
  • brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
  • brushback pitch — a fast ball deliberately thrown at or too near a batter's head
  • bullock's heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • bullock's-heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • burt l standishBurt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
  • business ethics — moral constraints on trading practices
  • butcher's-broom — a liliaceous evergreen shrub, Ruscus aculeatus, that has stiff prickle-tipped flattened green stems, which resemble and function as true leaves. The plant was formerly used for making brooms
  • button mushroom — Button mushrooms are small mushrooms used in cooking.
  • 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
  • calabash nutmeg — a tropical African shrub, Monodora myristica, whose oily aromatic seeds can be used as nutmegs: family Annonaceae
  • chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
  • chestnut bottle — an American glass bottle or flask of the 19th century, having slightly flattened sides.
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
  • claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
  • climb the walls — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • close the books — to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report
  • cytotrophoblast — the thickened, inner part of the mammalian placenta nearest to the fetus, covering the chorion during early pregnancy
  • 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.
  • distributorship — a franchise held by a distributor.
  • do the business — to achieve what is required
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
  • doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
  • eustachian tube — part of the ear
  • everly brothers — the. US pop singing duo comprising Don Everly (born 1937) and Phil Everly 1939–2014, noted for their close harmonies
  • exhibitionistic — Having a tendency toward exhibitionism.
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • flemish brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)
  • get the best of — to surpass, defeat, or outwit; better
  • ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
  • ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
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