12-letter words containing b, a, t, r, o
- hark back to — recall: earlier era
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- 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.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- ibota privet — a Japanese spreading shrub, Ligustrum obtusifolium, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and nodding white flower clusters.
- infraorbital — (anatomy) Below the orbit (of the eye).
- interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
- interorbital — Between orbitals.
- interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
- interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- isobilateral — (esp of a leaf) capable of being divided into symmetrical halves along two different planes
- job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
- job rotation — the practice of transferring an employee from one work station or activity to another during the working day in order to add variety to a job: often used in assembly line work
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
- laboratorial — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- laboratorian — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- laboratories — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
- labour party — a political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906.
- labrador tea — a North American bog shrub, Ledum groenlandicum, of the heath family, having evergreen leaves and rounded clusters of white flowers.
- late bloomer — a person whose talents or capabilities are slow to develop: A late bloomer, she wrote her first novel when she was almost 50.
- lay store by — to value or reckon as important
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- lobster tail — the flesh of the tail of any of various crustaceans, esp. the Cape crawfish, prepared as food, often by broiling in the shell
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
- microhabitat — an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.