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15-letter words containing t, h, b

  • susan b anthony — Antony, Mark.
  • sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
  • swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
  • synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
  • tectibranchiate — denoting or relating to the suborder of molluscs Tectibranchia
  • telephone booth — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
  • tetrabranchiate — belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.
  • the black death — a form of bubonic plague pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century, when it killed over 50 million people
  • the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the black watch — (formerly) the Royal Highland Regiment in the British Army; (since 2006) an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
  • the gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
  • the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
  • the lost tribes — the ten tribes deported from the N kingdom of Israel in 721 bc and believed never to have returned to Palestine
  • the precambrian — the Precambrian era
  • the public weal — the public good; the good of society
  • the tall blacks — the international basketball team of New Zealand
  • the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
  • the-arbitration — a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
  • the-sketch-book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
  • thermal barrier — the high temperatures produced by the friction between a supersonic object and the earth's atmosphere that limit the speed of an airplane or rocket.
  • thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
  • thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
  • thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
  • thermobarometer — Also called hypsometer. an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, and sometimes altitude, from its effect upon the boiling point of a liquid.
  • thimble-rigging — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
  • think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • thiobarbiturate — a barbiturate in which a sulphur atom has replaced one oxygen atom
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • thomas a becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
  • thromboembolism — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
  • throw overboard — to reject or abandon
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
  • to fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
  • to grab hold of — Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
  • tortoise brooch — a domed, oval brooch worn in pairs by Viking women.
  • torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
  • touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
  • travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
  • tree-and-branch — denoting a cable television system in which all available programme channels are fed to each subscriber
  • tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
  • turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • under the table — of, relating to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
  • under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
  • uninhibitedness — the state or quality of being uninhibited
  • united brethren — a Protestant denomination, of Wesleyan beliefs and practices, founded in 1800.
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