12-letter words containing h, e, b
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- north bergen — a township in NE New Jersey.
- north borneo — a former name of Sabah.
- object chill — ["Object CHILL - An Object Oriented Language for Systems Implementation", J. Winkler et al, ACM Comp Sci Conf 1992, pp. 139-147].
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- 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.
- ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- on behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- on the bench — a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- on the block — for sale at auction
- on the books — registered
- 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.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pearl harbor — a harbor near Honolulu, on S Oahu, in Hawaii: surprise attack by Japan on the U.S. naval base and other military installations December 7, 1941.
- pebble beach — a beach covered with pebbles or stones rather than sand
- pebbledashed — covered with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- peeblesshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- phlebography — venography.
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- phone number — of individual, business
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- phrasal verb — a combination of verb and one or more adverbial or prepositional particles, as catch on, take off, bring up, or put up with, functioning as a single semantic unit and often having an idiomatic meaning that could not be predicted from the meanings of the individual parts.
- phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.