12-letter words containing h, a, r, i
- 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
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- bletheration — nonsense!
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- brachycranic — having a cranial index of 81.0–85.4.
- brainwashing — the process of brainwashing.
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
- breuer chair — a chair with a frame of continuous chrome tubing, no back legs, and cane seat and back
- bridge chair — a lightweight folding chair, often part of a set of matching chairs and bridge table.
- 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.
- brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
- 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
- buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
- burj khalifa — a slender tapering skyscraper in Dubai; completed in 2009; the world's tallest man-made structure, standing at 828m (2716 ft)
- burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
- by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
- calligraphic — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
- camel's hair — the hair of the camel
- camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- cantharidian — cantharidal
- canvas chair — a chair in which the seat and back are made from canvas
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
- cardiography — electrocardiograph.
- cardiophobia — An inordinate fear of heart disease.
- 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.
- carver chair — a chair of 17th-century New England, having a frame formed entirely of turned pieces, a back filled with several spindles, and no spindles between the arms and the seat.
- 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.