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14-letter words containing th

  • bathing trunks — Bathing trunks are shorts that a man wears when he goes swimming.
  • bathygraphical — (of a maps) representing the contours of the seabed
  • bayes' theorem — the fundamental result which expresses the conditional probability P(E/A) of an event E given an event A as P(A/E).P(E)/P(A); more generally, where En is one of a set of values Ei which partition the sample space, P(En/A) = P(A/En)P(En)/Σ P(A/Ei)P(Ei). This enables prior estimates of probability to be continually revised in the light of observations
  • be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
  • be in the loop — If someone is in the loop, they are part of a group of people who make decisions about important things, or they know about these decisions. If they are out of the loop, they do not make or know about important decisions.
  • be in the pink — If you are in the pink, you are fit, healthy, and happy.
  • be in the wars — If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
  • be in the wash — If you say that something such as an item of clothing is in the wash, you mean that it is being washed, is waiting to be washed, or has just been washed and should therefore not be worn or used.
  • be on the ball — to be alert; be efficient
  • be struck with — to be attracted to or impressed by
  • beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
  • below the belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • below the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • below-the-belt — Something that is below the belt is cruel and unfair.
  • below-the-line — denoting the entries printed below the horizontal line on a company's profit-and-loss account that show how any profit is to be distributed
  • bend the rules — to ignore rules or change them to suit one's own convenience
  • benzanthracene — a carcinogenic hydrocarbon
  • bethlehem sage — a plant, Pulmonaria saccharata, of the borage family, native to Europe, having mottled, white leaves and white or reddish-purple flowers in clusters.
  • bible-thumping — an evangelist or other person who quotes the Bible frequently, especially as a means of exhortation or rebuke.
  • big brotherism — paternalistic authoritarianism that seeks to supply the needs and regulate the conduct of people.
  • big house, the — a penitentiary
  • bill of health — a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
  • biomathematics — the study of the application of mathematics to biology
  • birthday party — a party to celebrate someone's birthday
  • birthing chair — a chair constructed to allow a woman in labour to give birth in a sitting position
  • birthing stool — a stool constructed to allow a woman in labour to give birth in a sitting position
  • black panthers — (in the US) a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people
  • bletheranskate — a blatherer
  • 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
  • brass farthing — something of little or no value
  • break the bank — to ruin financially or deplete the resources of a bank (as in gambling)
  • 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.
  • break the news — announce sth
  • breathe a word — to say something or anything
  • breathtakingly — thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance.
  • bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
  • 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
  • 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 the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
  • by the vanload — in very large quantities
  • c with classes — Short-lived predecessor to C++.
  • cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
  • calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
  • call the shots — The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
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