12-letter words containing b, h
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- stephen jobs — (person) Stephen P. Jobs (born 24 February 1955). The co-founder and ex-president of Apple Computer, leader of the team that produced the Macintosh. In 1979, when he was president of Apple, Steven Jobs saw a demonstration of Smalltalk at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. He and other Apple employees were "very impressed with the unique and revolutionary user-friendly design". The first Macintosh was released in January 1984. Jobs described it as insanely great. Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985 and founded Next, Inc.. In December 1996 he was re-employed by Apple when they bought NeXT. See also lithium lick, Mathematica.
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- straight bat — a bat held vertically
- 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.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subparagraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- 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
- technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
- 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 absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
- 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 bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
- 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 blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
- the bollocks — something excellent
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- 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 sorbonne — a part of the University of Paris containing the faculties of science and literature: founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon as a theological college; given to the university in 1808
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- the-bell-jar — a novel (1963) by Sylvia Plath.
- 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).
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).