12-letter words containing b, i, g, h, e
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- helping verb — auxiliary verb.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- interborough — between boroughs.
- irish bridge — a paved ford.
- 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.
- 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.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- reaching jib — genoa.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- sleigh bells — a number of small, spherical bells fixed to the harness straps of an animal drawing a sleigh
- 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.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- 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 dingbats — delirium tremens
- timber right — ownership of standing timber with no rights to the land.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- weighbridges — Plural form of weighbridge.