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12-letter words containing h, a, t, b, o

  • lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
  • 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.
  • microhabitat — an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.
  • mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
  • motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
  • nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
  • nonbreathing — not breathing
  • nonheritable — Not heritable.
  • northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
  • not half bad — very good
  • odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
  • off the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
  • on the brain — constantly in mind
  • on the table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • one-base hit — single (def 24).
  • oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
  • pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
  • phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
  • photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
  • 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.
  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
  • satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • 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.
  • subhastation — a public auction or sale
  • table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • teaching job — a position as a teacher
  • technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
  • 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.
  • teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
  • the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
  • 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).
  • 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
  • thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
  • throttleable — capable of having the thrust varied.
  • through bass — figured bass.
  • 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
  • toynbee hall — a residential settlement in East London, named after Arnold Toynbee (1852–83), a British economist and social reformer
  • 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.
  • two-base hit — a base hit that enables a batter to reach second base safely.
  • unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
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