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12-letter words containing h, i, t, e, a

  • at this rate — If you say that at this rate something bad or extreme will happen, you mean that it will happen if things continue to develop as they have been doing.
  • atheological — having an aversion or resistance to theology
  • atheoretical — having no connection with and not founded on theory
  • athletically — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
  • atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
  • atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
  • attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
  • authenticate — If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
  • authenticity — the quality or state of being authentic; reliability; genuineness
  • authorizable — able to be authorized
  • autotheistic — Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
  • azathioprine — a synthetic drug that suppresses the normal immune responses of the body and is administered orally during and after organ transplantation and also in certain types of autoimmune disease. Formula: C9H7N7O2S
  • back-kitchen — a room off a main kitchen, usually further towards the back of the house where washing-up or preparatory cooking work might be done; a scullery
  • backstitches — Plural form of backstitch.
  • bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
  • baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
  • 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.
  • bantamweight — A bantamweight is a boxer who weighs between 51 and 53.5 kilograms, or a wrestler who weighs between 52 and 57 kilograms. A bantamweight is heavier than a flyweight but lighter than a featherweight.
  • baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
  • bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
  • basic weight — basis weight.
  • basis weight — the weight in pounds of a ream of paper of a basic size, usually 25 × 38 inches (63 × 96 cm) for book stock, 17 × 22 inches (43 × 55 cm) for writing stock, and 20 × 26 inches (50 × 66 cm) for cover stock.
  • basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
  • basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
  • bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
  • bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
  • beacon light — a light signal for shipping
  • beat the air — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
  • beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
  • belt highway — beltway (def 1).
  • bengal light — a firework or flare that burns with a steady bright blue light, formerly used as a signal
  • beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
  • beth shammai — the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish teacher Shammai and characterized by an austere or rigid interpretation of Jewish law and tradition.
  • bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
  • bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
  • biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
  • bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
  • bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • 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.
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • blatherskite — a talkative silly person
  • bletheration — nonsense!
  • blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
  • breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
  • bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
  • cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
  • cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
  • calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
  • callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
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