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12-letter words containing b, u, h, r

  • rubber check — a check drawn on an account lacking the funds to pay it; a check that bounces.
  • rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
  • rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
  • ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
  • safe harbour — a place that offers protection from the weather, attack, etc
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
  • scrub typhus — an acute febrile disease characterized by severe headache, skin rash, chills, and swelling of the lymph nodes, caused by the bite of mites infected with the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi: occurs mainly in Asia, Australia, and the islands of the western Pacific
  • shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
  • shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
  • shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
  • silbury hill — the largest prehistoric artificial mound in Europe, located near Avebury, England, and dating from 2600 b.c.
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet
  • soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
  • south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
  • store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • 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.
  • 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 bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
  • the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
  • the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
  • thirdborough — an under constable of a township
  • thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
  • thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
  • through bass — figured bass.
  • thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
  • turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
  • ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
  • ubermenschen — superman (def 2).
  • un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
  • unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
  • unbreachable — not able to be breached
  • unbreathable — not able to be breathed
  • unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
  • uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
  • unperishable — imperishable
  • unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
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