12-letter words containing b, a, s, h
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- 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.
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- sober-headed — characterized by clear, logical thinking; not fanciful or capricious.
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- 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
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subparagraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
- 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.
- 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 dingbats — delirium tremens
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- 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.
- thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
- through bass — figured bass.
- trachybasalt — a fine-grained volcanic rock containing sanidine and calcic plagioclase.
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- two-base hit — a base hit that enables a batter to reach second base safely.
- ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unperishable — imperishable
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unpunishable — not able to be punished
- unpunishably — in an unpunishable 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
- upright bass — double bass
- vidhan sabha — the legislative assembly of any of the states of India
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- wheelbarrows — Plural form of wheelbarrow.
- younghusband — Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain