12-letter words containing h, o, b
- for the best — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- frontbencher — (politics) one who sits on the front bench in a parliament. Typically the spokesmen for those who sit further back.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- gerontophobe — a person who fears or hates old people or the idea of growing old
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
- global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- gobind singh — 1666–1708, tenth and last guru of the Sikhs (1675–1708): assassinated
- god-botherer — an over-zealous Christian
- golden bough — a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld.
- graphophobia — Fear or dislike of writing.
- habilitation — to clothe or dress.
- habitational — a place of residence; dwelling; abode.
- hack to bits — to damage severely
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
- half-brother — brother (def 2).
- hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- hansom (cab) — a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- harbour dues — the fees or charges paid for using a harbour
- harbour seal — a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia
- hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- hark back to — recall: earlier era
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
- heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hematophobia — Fear of bleeding or the sight of blood.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- herbivourous — Misspelling of herbivorous.
- hereinbefore — before in this document, statement, etc.
- heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.