12-letter words containing h, u, b, a
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- hubble's law — the law that the velocity of recession of distant galaxies from our own is proportional to their distance from us.
- hull balance — (of a sailing ship) the property of maintaining satisfactory trim and steering qualities when heeled at a normal angle.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- jiaozhou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea in NE China, in SE Shandong province
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- johor baharu — a city in S Malaysia, near Singapore.
- johore bahru — a city in and the capital of Johore state, Malaysia, in the S part.
- lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- naughty bits — genitals
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- rabbit hutch — a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for keeping domestic or pet rabbits in
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- safe harbour — a place that offers protection from the weather, attack, etc
- 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
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subparagraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
- sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.