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13-letter words containing t, h, o, n, b

  • rabbath ammon — Amman.
  • robber trench — a trench that originally contained the foundations of a wall, the stones of which have been taken away
  • scotch bonnet — a small, irregularly shaped, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense related to the habanero and ranging from yellow to red.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
  • siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
  • south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
  • telephone box — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
  • thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
  • the noble art — boxing
  • thereinbefore — before that
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
  • to begin with — You use to begin with when you are talking about the first stage of a situation, event, or process.
  • toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • unsmotherable — unquenchable
  • vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
  • west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
  • with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
  • with knobs on — in an extreme or more emphatic way
  • within bounds — not beyond limits
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