12-letter words containing h, a, b, o, r
- microhabitat — an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- on the brain — constantly in mind
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- pearl harbor — a harbor near Honolulu, on S Oahu, in Hawaii: surprise attack by Japan on the U.S. naval base and other military installations December 7, 1941.
- phlebography — venography.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- rainbow fish — guppy.
- reproachable — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- rhabdosphere — a minute sphere made up of rhabdoliths
- rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject
- safe harbour — a place that offers protection from the weather, attack, etc
- school board — a local board or committee in charge of public education.
- scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short ballot — a ballot containing only candidates for the most important legislative and executive posts, leaving judicial and lesser administrative posts to be filled by appointment.
- 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.
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- sober-headed — characterized by clear, logical thinking; not fanciful or capricious.
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
- throttleable — capable of having the thrust varied.
- through bass — figured bass.
- 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.
- weather bomb — a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by a low pressure system in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, which can produce hurricane-force winds with very heavy rainfall or snow.
- weatherboard — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past