12-letter words containing h, e, a, l
- athletically — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
- atholl brose — a mixture of whisky and honey left to ferment before consumption
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- axel heiberg — the largest island belonging to the Sverdrup group in the Canadian Northwest Territories. 15,779 sq. mi. (40,868 sq. km).
- azophenylene — phenazine.
- bachelor pad — a flat in which a bachelor lives
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- bachelorhood — the state of being a bachelor.
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- back channel — an unofficial, often secret, means of communication
- backhandedly — In a backhanded manner.
- backsplashes — Plural form of backsplash.
- baggage hall — a large room at an airport, usually containing a number of carousels, where passengers go to collect their baggage after a flight
- baleen whale — any of an order (Mysticeta) of whales with toothless jaws, baleen in the mouth, and a symmetrical skull, consisting of the gray whale, the right whales, and rorquals
- 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.
- barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
- bastel house — (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.
- bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- beach-la-mar — an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beaked whale — any of a worldwide family (Ziphiidae) of medium-sized toothed whales characterized by a long, narrow snout
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- bechuanaland — former British territory (1884-1966) in S Africa: now the country of Botswana
- beetleheaded — like a beetlehead; stupid
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- belgian hare — a large red breed of domestic rabbit
- bell heather — an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea
- bell the cat — to undertake a very dangerous mission
- belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
- bengal light — a firework or flare that burns with a steady bright blue light, formerly used as a signal
- benzaldehyde — a yellowish fragrant volatile oil occurring in almond kernels and used in the manufacture of dyes, perfumes, and flavourings and as a solvent for oils and resins. Formula: C6H5CHO
- bequeathable — capable of being given to or bequeathed
- betanaphthol — a colorless, crystalline isomer of naphthol, C10H8O, used as an antiseptic and parasiticide
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- black cherry — a tree of the species Prunus serotina, having a small fleshy rounded edible fruit containing a hard stone
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- blackhearted — wicked; evil
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blank cheque — If someone is given a blank cheque, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
- blanket bath — an all-over wash given to a person confined to bed
- blastosphere — blastula
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- blennorrhoea — an excessive discharge of watery mucus, esp from the urethra or the vagina