12-letter words containing a, b, r
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- heritability — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hkakabo razi — the highest peak in Myanmar, in Kachin state, in the N. 19,294 feet (5881 meters).
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- 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.
- housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
- 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.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- ibn-al-arabi — Muhyi-l-din. 1165–1240, Muslim mystic and poet, born in Spain, noted for his influence on Sufism
- ibota privet — a Japanese spreading shrub, Ligustrum obtusifolium, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and nodding white flower clusters.
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- illiberalise — to render illiberal
- illiberalism — narrowminded; bigoted.
- illiberality — narrowminded; bigoted.
- illiberalize — to render illiberal
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- 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.
- imperforable — not able to be perforated
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- impierceable — not able to be pierced
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- incharitable — Obsolete form of uncharitable.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incorporable — able to be incorporated.
- increditable — (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.