12-letter words containing l, e, t, h, a
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- bastel house — (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.
- bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- beetleheaded — like a beetlehead; stupid
- bell heather — an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea
- bell the cat — to undertake a very dangerous mission
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
- bengal light — a firework or flare that burns with a steady bright blue light, formerly used as a signal
- bequeathable — capable of being given to or bequeathed
- betanaphthol — a colorless, crystalline isomer of naphthol, C10H8O, used as an antiseptic and parasiticide
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- blackhearted — wicked; evil
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blanket bath — an all-over wash given to a person confined to bed
- blastosphere — blastula
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- bletheration — nonsense!
- bletherskate — a blatherer
- block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
- breast wheel — a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathalyzer — A Breathalyzer is a bag or electronic device that the police use to test whether a driver has drunk too much alcohol.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- bushelbasket — a rounded basket with a capacity of one bushel
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- by the balls — so as to be rendered powerless
- cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
- cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
- callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- catechetical — of or relating to teaching by question and answer
- catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.