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15-letter words containing t, h, b

  • be lost without — If you say that you would be lost without someone or something, you mean that you would be unhappy or unable to work properly without them.
  • be on the skids — to be on the decline or downgrade; meet with failure
  • be short on sth — If someone or something is short on a particular good quality, they do not have as much of it as you think they should have.
  • beat all hollow — to outdo or surpass by far
  • beat the bounds — (formerly) to define the boundaries of a parish by making a procession around them and hitting the ground with rods
  • beat the bushes — a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
  • bedford heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • bedsheet ballot — a very long, involved paper ballot
  • beet leafhopper — a small leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that transmits a very destructive virus to sugar beets
  • before the fact — before the commission of the offence
  • before the mast — as an apprentice seaman
  • before the wind — with the wind coming from astern
  • bello horizonte — a city in SE Brazil.
  • belt-tightening — If you need to do some belt-tightening, you must spend less money and manage without things because you have less money than you used to have.
  • belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • bench scientist — a scientist who does experiments in a laboratory
  • beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
  • best-ball match — a match, scored by holes, in which one player competing against two or more others must score lower than the lowest scoring opponent to win a hole.
  • beyond the pale — If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
  • big bang theory — In astronomy the big bang theory is a theory that suggests that the universe was created as a result of an extremely large explosion.
  • big white chief — an important person, boss, or leader
  • billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
  • biogeochemistry — the science of biological, chemical, and geological aspects of the environment
  • biomathematical — relating to biomathematics
  • biopsychologist — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
  • biostratigraphy — the examination of the ages of rock strata by using fossils
  • bipartite graph — complete graph
  • birch partridge — ruffed grouse
  • birthing center — a medical facility for the labor and childbirth experience in a family-friendly, homelike environment.
  • birthing centre — a private maternity hospital
  • bit on the side — an extramarital affair
  • bite the bullet — to face up to (pain, trouble, etc) with fortitude; be stoical
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
  • black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
  • blackwall hitch — a knot for hooking tackle to the end of a rope, holding fast when pulled but otherwise loose
  • bloody butchers — a hardy plant, Trillium sessile, common from New York to Georgia and westward, having stalkless, purple or green flowers.
  • blotch printing — a fabric-printing method in which the ground color is transferred from the cylinder and the motif retains the original hue of the cloth.
  • board of health — an agency with responsibility for health in state, country, etc
  • boating holiday — a holiday spent sailing or travelling in a canal boat, cruiser, etc
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • boil-in-the-bag — (of food) able to be boiled in a sealed bag until ready to eat
  • booster cushion — an extra seat or cushion placed on an existing seat for a child to sit on in a car
  • borscht circuit — summer resort hotels in the Catskills and White Mountains, where entertainment is provided for the guests
  • boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
  • box chronometer — a ship's chronometer, supported on gimbals in a wooden box
  • box the compass — to name the compass points in order
  • boys' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of men
  • brachistochrone — the curve between two points through which a body moves under the force of gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve; the path of quickest descent
  • brachystomatous — having a short proboscis, as certain insects.
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