12-letter words containing o, b, r, i
- foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- foreign-born — born in a country other than that in which one resides.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- formalizable — Capable of being formalized.
- fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- forward bias — a voltage applied to a circuit or device, esp a semiconductor device, in the direction that produces the larger current
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- garbological — Of or relating to garbology.
- georgian bay — the NE part of Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. 6000 sq. mi. (15,500 sq. km).
- go-away bird — a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- gooseberries — Plural form of gooseberry.
- graphophobia — Fear or dislike of writing.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- ground robin — towhee.
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- herbivourous — Misspelling of herbivorous.
- hereinbefore — before in this document, statement, etc.
- heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hkakabo razi — the highest peak in Myanmar, in Kachin state, in the N. 19,294 feet (5881 meters).
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- honor bright — upon my honor; really and truly: I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- horribleness — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- hybrid vigor — heterosis.
- hydrobiology — the study of aquatic organisms.
- hydrobromide — a salt formed by the direct union of hydrobromic acid and an organic base, especially an alkaloid, usually more soluble than the base.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.