12-letter words containing a, b, h
- honey badger — ratel.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- hop hornbeam — any of several Eurasian and North American trees of the genus Ostrya, of the birch family, especially O. virginiana, bearing hoplike fruiting clusters.
- hopper barge — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- horn balance — an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control
- horsebreaker — One who trains, or breaks in, horses.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- hubble's law — the law that the velocity of recession of distant galaxies from our own is proportional to their distance from us.
- hull balance — (of a sailing ship) the property of maintaining satisfactory trim and steering qualities when heeled at a normal angle.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hybrid basis — A hybrid basis is a system of accounting that combines some of the features of cost basis with some of the features of accrual basis.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.
- hypabyssally — in a hypabyssal manner
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- in bad faith — intending to deceive sb
- in behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- incharitable — Obsolete form of uncharitable.
- inhabitation — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inter-branch — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- ishikari bay — a bay of the Sea of Japan, on the W coast of Hokkaido, Japan.
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- jiaozhou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea in NE China, in SE Shandong province
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- johor baharu — a city in S Malaysia, near Singapore.
- johore bahru — a city in and the capital of Johore state, Malaysia, in the S part.
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- khaibar pass — Khyber Pass.
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- labyrinthian — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.