12-letter words containing h, o, b
- chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
- chlorocarbon — a chemical compound containing carbon and chlorine, as carbon tetrachloride, or containing carbon, chlorine, and hydrogen, as chloroform.
- chokeberries — Plural form of chokeberry.
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- cohabitating — cohabit.
- cohabitation — the state or condition of living together in a conjugal relationship without being married
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- copper beech — A copper beech is a type of tree with reddish-brown leaves.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- crossbencher — A member of the British parliament, or a similar assembly, who does not vote regularly with either the government or the main opposition party.
- cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- die horribly — (jargon) The software equivalent of crash and burn, and the preferred emphatic form of die. "The converter choked on an FF in its input and died horribly".
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- double cloth — a cloth used in overcoating, blankets, brocade, etc., made by interweaving two physically discrete fabrics at various points in the pattern by bringing warp and fill yarns from each through the other to be worked on the opposite face of the compound fabric.
- double dutch — a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
- double helix — the spiral arrangement of the two complementary strands of DNA.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double-check — a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
- echo chamber — a room or studio with resonant walls for broadcasting or recording echoes or hollow sound effects.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
- en brochette — (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- ephebophilia — the condition of being sexually attracted to adolescents
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- ethnobiology — the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
- exhibitioner — A student who has been awarded an exhibition (scholarship).
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.