12-letter words containing h, e, b, t, a
- rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
- rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rehydratable — capable of being rehydrated
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
- teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
- teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
- 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.
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
- the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- the-bell-jar — a novel (1963) by Sylvia Plath.
- 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
- three-bagger — triple (def 7).
- throttleable — capable of having the thrust varied.
- 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.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unbreathable — not able to be breathed
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
- unhabituated — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unstanchable — unstoppable
- 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.
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past