12-letter words containing c, h, i, b, o
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- hack to bits — to damage severely
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- john bircher — Bircher.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microhabitat — an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- object chill — ["Object CHILL - An Object Oriented Language for Systems Implementation", J. Winkler et al, ACM Comp Sci Conf 1992, pp. 139-147].
- ochlophobiac — a person who suffers from ochlophobia
- ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- orthorhombic — noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization characterized by three unequal axes intersecting at right angles; rhombic; trimetric.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- schoolboyish — like or characteristic of a schoolboy
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- thrombocytic — platelet.
- thrombolytic — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
- ticket booth — kiosk: sells tickets
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- toxicophobia — an intense fear of poisoning
- trophobiotic — involving, belonging or relating to trophobiosis
- witch hobble — the hobblebush.
- yellow birch — a North American birch, Betula alleghaniensis (or B. lutea), having yellowish or silvery gray bark.