12-letter words containing a, b, n, o
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- habilitation — to clothe or dress.
- habitational — a place of residence; dwelling; abode.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- hansom (cab) — a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
- 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.
- havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
- 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.
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- 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
- 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.
- horn balance — an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- 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 .
- 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.
- illusionable — Liable to illusion.
- imbibitional — relating to imbibition
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- 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.
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.