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14-letter words containing t, o, h, b

  • body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
  • bolshoi ballet — a ballet company founded in Moscow in 1776.
  • bony labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
  • bophuthatswana — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa: consisted of six separate areas; declared independent by South Africa in 1977 although this was not internationally recognized; abolished in 1993. Capital: Mmabatho
  • bored to death — very weary and lack stimulation
  • bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
  • bottom fishing — investing in low-priced shares that show prospects of recovery or in shares that are low-priced because of a general market decline in the hope of making a profit
  • boutique hotel — A boutique hotel is a small, high-quality and usually attractive hotel.
  • bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
  • branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
  • break the mold — If you say that someone breaks the mold, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
  • breakfast show — a radio or television broadcast that airs around breakfast time
  • breathe a word — to say something or anything
  • bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
  • bring to light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • british dollar — any of several coins formerly issued by the British Empire for use in certain territories, as the Straits dollar or the Hong Kong dollar.
  • british legion — (in Britain) a national social club for veterans of the armed forces.
  • broad daylight — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
  • broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
  • bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
  • bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
  • bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
  • brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
  • brown thrasher — a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage.
  • browntail moth — kind of moth
  • brushed cotton — cotton fabric that is brushed to remove excess lint and fibres to leave a soft, smooth finish
  • buckwheat coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 5/16 to 9/16 inch (7.9 to 13.9 m).
  • buckwheat note — shape note.
  • butcher's shop — a shop dedicated to the selling of meat
  • buteyko method — a breath control technique used to prevent hyperventilation and treat asthma without drugs
  • button-through — (of a dress or skirt) fastened with buttons from top to hem
  • by a long shot — People sometimes use the expression by a long shot to emphasize the opinion they are giving.
  • by the vanload — in very large quantities
  • charles talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • cheesebox seat — a chair seat, usually of rush, having a rounded form and surrounded with a thin strip of wood.
  • claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
  • claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
  • claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
  • clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
  • computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
  • computerphobic — a computerphobe
  • cook the books — to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts
  • county borough — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and in Wales from 1996) a borough administered independently of any higher tier of local government
  • daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
  • debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
  • dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
  • down the tubes — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
  • draughts board — A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal-sized, black and white squares.
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