14-letter words containing t, h, e, b, l
- rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- 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
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- telephone book — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
- the all blacks — the international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the bible belt — those states of the S US where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant
- the black belt — a region of the southern US extending from Georgia across central Alabama and Mississippi, in which the population contains a large number of Black people: also noted for its fertile black soil
- the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
- the joe blakes — the DT's
- the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- theodore bilbo — Theodore Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.
- thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
- thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- throttlebottom — a harmless incompetent in public office.
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
- whistle blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- whistle-blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- whistleblowers — Plural form of whistleblower.
- whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
- white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
- whortleberries — Plural form of whortleberry.
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).