12-letter words containing b, a, l, o
- frontal bone — a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit.
- frontal lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the central sulcus.
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glassblowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- 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.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
- half-brother — brother (def 2).
- hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harbour seal — a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hobnail boot — a boot with a hobnail in the sole
- homo habilis — an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to modern humans.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- horn balance — an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.