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12-letter words containing b, o, h, e

  • dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • double cloth — a cloth used in overcoating, blankets, brocade, etc., made by interweaving two physically discrete fabrics at various points in the pattern by bringing warp and fill yarns from each through the other to be worked on the opposite face of the compound fabric.
  • double dutch — a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
  • double helix — the spiral arrangement of the two complementary strands of DNA.
  • double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
  • double rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
  • double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
  • double-check — a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
  • double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
  • double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
  • doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  • dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
  • e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
  • echo chamber — a room or studio with resonant walls for broadcasting or recording echoes or hollow sound effects.
  • elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
  • ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
  • en brochette — (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer
  • english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
  • entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
  • ephebophilia — the condition of being sexually attracted to adolescents
  • erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
  • ethnobiology — the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
  • exhibitioner — A student who has been awarded an exhibition (scholarship).
  • flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
  • for the best — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
  • french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
  • frontbencher — (politics) one who sits on the front bench in a parliament. Typically the spokesmen for those who sit further back.
  • germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
  • gerontophobe — a person who fears or hates old people or the idea of growing old
  • ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
  • global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
  • god-botherer — an over-zealous Christian
  • golden bough — a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld.
  • haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
  • half brother — brother (def 2).
  • half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
  • half-brother — brother (def 2).
  • hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
  • halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
  • hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
  • harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
  • harbour dues — the fees or charges paid for using a harbour
  • harbour seal — a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia
  • hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
  • haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
  • harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
  • heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
  • hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
  • hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
  • helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
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