12-letter words containing b, a, t, h, e
- heat barrier — thermal barrier.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hematophobia — Fear of bleeding or the sight of blood.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- heritability — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- 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.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- incharitable — Obsolete form of uncharitable.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inter-branch — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lambeth walk — a spirited ballroom dance popular, especially in England, in the late 1930s.
- lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
- leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- make the bed — rearrange the bedsheets
- merchantable — marketable: merchantable war-surplus goods.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- off the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- on the brain — constantly in mind
- on the table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- one-base hit — single (def 24).
- oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- 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.