12-letter words containing h, u, b, l
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- loughborough — a town in central England, in N Leicestershire: university (1966). Pop: 55 258 (2001)
- lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- 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.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- purple beech — copper beech.
- 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
- shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- 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.
- silbury hill — the largest prehistoric artificial mound in Europe, located near Avebury, England, and dating from 2600 b.c.
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- 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.
- the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
- the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unbreachable — not able to be breached
- unbreathable — not able to be breathed
- unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unperishable — imperishable