12-letter words containing b, e, s, h
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- hobblebushes — Plural form of hobblebush.
- hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- horribleness — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horsebreaker — One who trains, or breaks in, horses.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- 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.
- house number — the unique number given to each building on a street which forms part of that building's address
- house-broken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
- housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- hubble's law — the law that the velocity of recession of distant galaxies from our own is proportional to their distance from us.
- hubertusburg — a castle in E Germany, E of Leipzig: treaty ending the Seven Years' War signed here 1763.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- 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.
- irish bridge — a paved ford.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- just the job — If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed.
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- lobster moth — a large sombre-hued prominent moth, Stauropus fagi, that when at rest resembles dead leaves. The modified thoracic legs of the larva, carried curled over its body, look like a lobster's claw
- mashrebeeyah — meshrebeeyeh.
- mashrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
- mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
- meshrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- miss the bus — lose opportunity
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- mother's boy — mama's boy.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- on the books — registered