12-letter words containing b, a, t, h, u
- pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- 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
- the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
- 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.
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unbreathable — not able to be breathed
- 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.
- unhabituated — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unstanchable — unstoppable
- upright bass — double bass
- urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past