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12-letter words containing b, e, t, h, i

  • on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
  • on the brain — constantly in mind
  • one-base hit — single (def 24).
  • pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
  • phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
  • phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
  • 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.
  • rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
  • rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • 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
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
  • straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
  • strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
  • strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
  • tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
  • teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
  • teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
  • teaching job — a position as a teacher
  • technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
  • technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
  • terebinthine — terebinthinate.
  • the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, 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 big city — a city viewed as a place of opportunity compared to small towns or the country
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the big time — great success or fame
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the hebrides — a group of over 500 islands off the W coast of Scotland: separated by the North Minch, Little Minch, and the Sea of the Hebrides: the chief islands are Skye, Raasay, Rum, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Jura, Colonsay, and Islay (Inner Hebrides), and Lewis with Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra (Outer Hebrides)
  • the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
  • the-firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
  • thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
  • thimbleberry — any of several American raspberries bearing a thimble-shaped fruit, especially the black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.
  • thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
  • thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
  • ticket booth — kiosk: sells tickets
  • timber hitch — a knot used for tying a rope round a spar, log, etc, for haulage
  • timber right — ownership of standing timber with no rights to the land.
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