12-letter words containing b, h
- 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.
- khaibar pass — Khyber Pass.
- khyber knife — a long Indian knife having a triangular, single-edged blade with the handle set off center toward the back.
- 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.
- labyrinthian — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- lambeth walk — a spirited ballroom dance popular, especially in England, in the late 1930s.
- lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
- leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leave behind — fail to bring
- liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
- 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.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- light breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- 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
- loughborough — a town in central England, in N Leicestershire: university (1966). Pop: 55 258 (2001)
- lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- make the bed — rearrange the bedsheets
- marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
- mashrebeeyah — meshrebeeyeh.
- mashrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
- mechanizable — Capable of being mechanized.
- mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
- merchantable — marketable: merchantable war-surplus goods.
- meshrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microhabitat — an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- 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
- mobile phone — any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.
- mother's boy — mama's boy.
- mother-to-be — A mother-to-be is a woman who is pregnant, especially for the first time.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.