12-letter words containing i, n, h, b, t
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- on the brain — constantly in mind
- one-base hit — single (def 24).
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
- riding habit — habit1 (def 11).
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- 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
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- shooting box — a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- terebinthine — terebinthinate.
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- to think big — If you think big, you make plans on a large scale, often using a lot of time, effort, or money.
- tub-thumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
- unhabituated — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- uninhibiting — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
- virgin birth — Theology. the doctrine or dogma that, by the miraculous agency of God, the birth of Christ did not impair or prejudice the virginity of Mary. Compare Immaculate Conception.
- voting booth — polling kiosk
- white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
- zen buddhist — a follower or adherent of Zen Buddhism