12-letter words containing b, i, o, l
- floatability — capable of floating; that can be floated.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forbiddingly — In a forbidding manner.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- formalizable — Capable of being formalized.
- fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- gideon bible — a Bible purchased by members of a Christian organization (Gideons International) and placed in a hotel room, hospital ward, etc
- glassblowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- habilitation — to clothe or dress.
- habitational — a place of residence; dwelling; abode.
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- hobnail boot — a boot with a hobnail in the sole
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homo habilis — an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to modern humans.
- homoflexible — Primarily homosexual, but willing to take part in a limited amount of heterosexual activity.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- horribleness — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.