12-letter words containing b, e, t, h
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- be done with — to end relations with
- be one thing — You can say that the first of two ideas, actions, or situations is one thing when you want to contrast it with a second idea, action, or situation and emphasize that the second one is much more difficult, important, or extreme.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- bean-shooter — peashooter.
- beat the air — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beat the rap — If you beat the rap, you avoid being blamed for something wrong that you have done.
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- beech marten — stone marten.
- beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
- beehive tomb — a type of subterranean tomb of the Mycenaean civilization consisting of a domed chamber entered by a passage through a hillside.
- beetleheaded — like a beetlehead; stupid
- bell heather — an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea
- bell the cat — to undertake a very dangerous mission
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
- bengal light — a firework or flare that burns with a steady bright blue light, formerly used as a signal
- bequeathable — capable of being given to or bequeathed
- bequeathment — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- best in show — an award to the dog, cat, or other animal judged best of all breeds in a competition.
- betanaphthol — a colorless, crystalline isomer of naphthol, C10H8O, used as an antiseptic and parasiticide
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- beth shammai — the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish teacher Shammai and characterized by an austere or rigid interpretation of Jewish law and tradition.
- betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bibliotheque — a library.
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- big lie, the — a gross falsification or misrepresentation of the facts, with constant repetition and embellishment to lend credibility
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biosynthesis — the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
- birth father — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- birth mother — the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- birth weight — the amount a baby weighs when first born
- bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- blackhearted — wicked; evil
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blanket bath — an all-over wash given to a person confined to bed
- blastosphere — blastula
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- bletheration — nonsense!
- bletherskate — a blatherer
- block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.