12-letter words containing b, h, u, t, o
- shut-out bid — a pre-emptive bid
- soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
- 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 blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- thirdborough — an under constable of a township
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
- through bass — figured bass.
- touch bottom — to run aground
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past