12-letter words containing b, e, l, s, h, a
- hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- hexasyllable — a word or line of verse of six syllables.
- 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.
- hubble's law — the law that the velocity of recession of distant galaxies from our own is proportional to their distance from us.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- pebbledashed — covered with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- phrasal verb — a combination of verb and one or more adverbial or prepositional particles, as catch on, take off, bring up, or put up with, functioning as a single semantic unit and often having an idiomatic meaning that could not be predicted from the meanings of the individual parts.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- 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.
- researchable — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- 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.
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- 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 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).
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unperishable — imperishable
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unpunishable — not able to be punished
- 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
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- wheelbarrows — Plural form of wheelbarrow.