12-letter words containing h, a, i, r, t
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
- basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
- bathing wrap — a loose robe to wear after bathing, often made of towelling
- bathochromic — denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound
- bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
- beat the air — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
- beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
- bhakti-marga — any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birth family — one's biological parents and siblings, as contrasted with one's adoptive family.
- birth father — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- birth trauma — an emotional shock caused by being born.
- birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- bletheration — nonsense!
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
- brigham city — a city in N Utah.
- bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
- british rail — the organization that ran the British railway system from 1948 until privatization in the mid-1990s
- british warm — an army officer's short thick overcoat
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
- cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- cantharidian — cantharidal
- carriwitchet — a conundrum, nonsensical question, or pun
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- cartographic — Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- catachrestic — Constituting or related to catachresis.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- cataphractic — relating to or resembling a cataphract
- catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- catherine ii — known as Catherine the Great. 1729–96, empress of Russia (1762–96), during whose reign Russia extended her boundaries at the expense of Turkey, Sweden, and Poland: she was a patron of literature and the arts
- catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
- catheterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catheterize.
- cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy