12-letter words containing h, y, b
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- heritability — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hexasyllable — a word or line of verse of six syllables.
- hideaway bed — a sofa, loveseat, etc., that can be converted into a bed, usually by folding out a concealed mattress and springs.
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- high-ability — (of a student) having a higher than average ability
- hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- honey badger — ratel.
- honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- hour by hour — each hour
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- hybrid basis — A hybrid basis is a system of accounting that combines some of the features of cost basis with some of the features of accrual basis.
- hybrid vigor — heterosis.
- hydrobiology — the study of aquatic organisms.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hydrobromide — a salt formed by the direct union of hydrobromic acid and an organic base, especially an alkaloid, usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.
- hypabyssally — in a hypabyssal manner
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- inch by inch — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- ishikari bay — a bay of the Sea of Japan, on the W coast of Hokkaido, Japan.
- jiaozhou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea in NE China, in SE Shandong province
- khyber knife — a long Indian knife having a triangular, single-edged blade with the handle set off center toward the back.
- labyrinthian — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- 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.
- lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
- leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- mashrebeeyah — meshrebeeyeh.
- mashrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
- meshrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.