12-letter words containing b, o, h, e
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bibliotheque — a library.
- bichon frise — a small white poodle-like dog of European origin, with a silky, loosely curling coat
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biogeography — the branch of biology concerned with the geographical distribution of plants and animals
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- biosynthesis — the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- birth mother — the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- blastosphere — blastula
- blennorrhoea — an excessive discharge of watery mucus, esp from the urethra or the vagina
- bletheration — nonsense!
- block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
- blocked shoe — a dancing shoe with a stiffened toe that enables a ballet dancer to dance on the tips of the toes
- blue norther — a cold north wind that brings rapidly falling temperatures.
- body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
- bog asphodel — either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
- boghead coal — compact bituminous coal that burns brightly and yields large quantities of tar and oil upon distillation.
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- boiler house — a building housing a boiler
- bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- bomb shelter — a shelter, usually underground, in which people take refuge from bomb attacks
- bonne bouche — a tasty titbit or morsel
- bonne chance — good luck
- bonus scheme — a scheme in a company or other organization according to which employees receive a bonus if they meet specified targets
- booch method — (programming) A widely used object-oriented analysis and object-oriented design method.
- book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder
- booster shot — an injection of a vaccine or other antigen some time after the initial series of injections, for maintaining immunity
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- borscht belt — (sometimes initial capital letters) the hotels of the predominantly Jewish resort area in the Catskill Mountains, many of them offering nightclub or cabaret entertainment.
- bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
- bottom house — the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars
- boucherville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
- bourke-white — Margaret. 1906–71, US photographer, a pioneer of modern photojournalism: noted esp for her coverage of World War II
- bourne shell — (sh, Shellish). The original command-line interpreter shell and script language for Unix written by S.R. Bourne of Bell Laboratories in 1978. sh has been superseded for interactive use by the Berkeley C shell, csh but still widely used for writing shell scripts. There were even earlier shells, see glob. [Details?]
- bow thruster — a propeller located in a ship's bow to provide added maneuverability, as when docking.
- boxer shorts — Boxer shorts are loose-fitting men's underpants that are shaped like the shorts worn by boxers.
- brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.