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12-letter words containing b, a, r, t, h

  • microhabitat — an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.
  • mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
  • motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
  • mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
  • myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
  • nonbreathing — not breathing
  • nonheritable — Not heritable.
  • northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
  • on the brain — constantly in mind
  • pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
  • pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • rabbit hutch — a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for keeping domestic or pet rabbits in
  • rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
  • rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
  • re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
  • rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
  • rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • rehydratable — capable of being rehydrated
  • riding habit — habit1 (def 11).
  • rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
  • shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
  • short ballot — a ballot containing only candidates for the most important legislative and executive posts, leaving judicial and lesser administrative posts to be filled by appointment.
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
  • star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
  • straight bat — a bat held vertically
  • straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
  • 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
  • tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
  • teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
  • teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
  • the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
  • the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • 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).
  • thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
  • thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
  • three-bagger — triple (def 7).
  • throttleable — capable of having the thrust varied.
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