12-letter words containing a, b, r, h
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barber chair — a chair used by barbers, adjustable in height and having an adjustable headrest, back, and footrest.
- barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
- barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
- basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
- bated breath — to moderate or restrain: unable to bate our enthusiasm.
- bathing wrap — a loose robe to wear after bathing, often made of towelling
- bathochromic — denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound
- bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
- bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
- bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- bay-head bar — a sand bar at the head of a bay.
- beach-comber — a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
- beach-la-mar — an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread
- beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
- bean-shooter — peashooter.
- beat the air — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beat the rap — If you beat the rap, you avoid being blamed for something wrong that you have done.
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- beech marten — stone marten.
- beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- belgian hare — a large red breed of domestic rabbit
- bell heather — an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea
- belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
- bench-warmer — a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game.
- benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
- bermuda high — a subtropical high centered near Bermuda.
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- beyond reach — inaccessible
- bhakti-marga — any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- bhubaneshwar — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
- bilharziasis — schistosomiasis
- biogeography — the branch of biology concerned with the geographical distribution of plants and animals
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- biohazardous — a pathogen, especially one used in or produced by biological research.
- birch family — the plant family Betulaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves, male flowers in drooping catkins, female flowers in short clusters, and one-seeded nuts, and including the alder, birch, hazel, and hornbeam.
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birth family — one's biological parents and siblings, as contrasted with one's adoptive family.
- birth father — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.