17-letter words containing t, a, b, h, n

football hooligan — a noisy violent football supporter
fort walton beach — a city in NW Florida.
glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
greenland halibut — a flatfish, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, similar and related to the halibut
haemoglobinometer — an instrument used to determine the haemoglobin content of blood
haemoglobinopathy — (medicine) Any of a group of inherited disorders in which haemoglobin does not function properly.
half-breadth plan — a diagrammatic plan of one half of the hull of a vessel divided lengthwise amidships, showing water lines, stations, diagonals, and bow and buttock lines.
have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
have on the brain — If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.
heartbreakingness — The state or quality of being heartbreaking.
henry cabot lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
hold one's breath — If you say that someone is holding their breath, you mean that they are waiting anxiously or excitedly for something to happen.
hold sb to ransom — If you say that someone is holding you to ransom in British English, or holding you for ransom in American English, you mean that they are using their power to try to force you to do something which you do not want to do.
honorable mention — a citation conferred on a contestant, exhibit, etc., having exceptional merit though not winning a top honor or prize.
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
in broad daylight — openly, in full public view
in the background — behind the focus of attention
inalienable right — right that cannot be taken away
indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
indian paintbrush — any of several semiparasitic plants belonging to the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, as C. linariaefolia, of the western U.S.: the state flower of Wyoming.
indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
indistinguishably — In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
inexhaustibleness — The quality of being inexhaustible.
interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
ivan the terrible — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
mesembryanthemums — Plural form of mesembryanthemum.
methemoglobinemia — (medicine) A form of toxic anemia characterized by the presence of methemoglobin in the blood.
monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
near-earth object — a comet or asteroid pushed by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into an orbit that allows it to enter the earth's orbit and thereby pose a danger of collision. Abbreviation: NEO.
neath port talbot — a county borough in S Wales, created from part of West Glamorgan in 1996. Administrative centre: Port Talbot. Pop: 135 300 (2003 est). Area: 439 sq km (169 sq miles)
north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
northeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbE.
not a happy bunny — deeply dissatisfied or discontented
old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
on one's deathbed — about to die
on the barrelhead — upon being presented for sale; at the time of delivery
on the pig's back — successful; established
opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
palaeoethnobotany — the study of fossil seeds and grains to further archaeological knowledge, esp of the domestication of cereals
phantom limb pain — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
phonetic alphabet — an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
prohibition party — a U.S. political party organized in 1869, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
red and the black — a novel (1832) by Stendhal.
rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.

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