12-letter words containing a, b, i, n
- harbingering — Present participle of harbinger.
- hare-brained — giddy; reckless.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- hebephreniac — a person suffering from hebephrenia
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- hobnail boot — a boot with a hobnail in the sole
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- 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.
- ibn-al-arabi — Muhyi-l-din. 1165–1240, Muslim mystic and poet, born in Spain, noted for his influence on Sufism
- identifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
- ignitability — to set on fire; kindle.
- illusionable — Liable to illusion.
- imbibitional — relating to imbibition
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- in a big way — very much, greatly
- 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 sb's wake — If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go.
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- inabstinence — a lack of abstinence or abstention
- inacceptable — Unacceptable.
- inaccessible — Unable to be reached.
- inaccessibly — In an inaccessible manner.
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- inadmissibly — In an inadmissible way.
- inappeasable — unable to be soothed or appeased: inappeasable anger.
- inappellable — incapable of being appealed against, as a court decision; unchallengeable
- inapplicable — not applicable; unsuitable.