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12-letter words containing a, l, h, b

  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
  • sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
  • teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
  • technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
  • the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
  • the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the-bell-jar — a novel (1963) by Sylvia Plath.
  • thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
  • thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
  • thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
  • throttleable — capable of having the thrust varied.
  • touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • toynbee hall — a residential settlement in East London, named after Arnold Toynbee (1852–83), a British economist and social reformer
  • trachybasalt — a fine-grained volcanic rock containing sanidine and calcic plagioclase.
  • unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
  • unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • unbreachable — not able to be breached
  • unbreathable — not able to be breathed
  • unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
  • uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
  • unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
  • unhospitable — not hospitable
  • unperishable — imperishable
  • unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
  • unpunishable — not able to be punished
  • unpunishably — in an unpunishable manner
  • unquenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
  • unquenchably — in an unquenchable manner
  • unsearchable — not searchable; not lending itself to research or exploration; not to be understood by searching; hidden; unfathomable; mysterious: the unsearchable ways of the universe.
  • unsearchably — in an unsearchable manner
  • unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
  • unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
  • unstanchable — unstoppable
  • urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
  • watchability — detectable; apparent.
  • webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
  • well-behaved — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
  • welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
  • wheelbarrows — Plural form of wheelbarrow.
  • whiffle ball — any of various lightweight, hollow plastic balls with several large air holes that cause them to abruptly curve or sink when thrown, hit, etc.
  • withdrawable — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
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