12-letter words containing b, u, h
- loughborough — a town in central England, in N Leicestershire: university (1966). Pop: 55 258 (2001)
- lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- miss the bus — lose opportunity
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- naughty bits — genitals
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- northborough — a town in central Massachusetts.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- ombrophobous — (of plants) not able to tolerate wet conditions
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- phone number — of individual, business
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- purple beech — copper beech.
- rabbit hutch — a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for keeping domestic or pet rabbits in
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- 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
- ship biscuit — hardtack.
- shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.