12-letter words containing o, b, s, l
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- hobblebushes — Plural form of hobblebush.
- hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homo habilis — an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to modern humans.
- horribleness — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- illusionable — Liable to illusion.
- immobilising — Present participle of immobilise.
- immobilizers — Plural form of immobilizer.
- impost block — dosseret.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsolably — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- indissoluble — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indissolubly — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inkblot test — any of various psychological tests in which varied patterns formed by blots of ink are interpreted by the subject.
- innominables — trousers
- inobservable — Unobservable.
- insalubrious — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
- insolubility — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- insolubilize — to make incapable of dissolving: a resin insolubilized by heat.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- irresolvable — not resolvable; incapable of being resolved, analyzable, or solvable.
- irresolvably — In an irresolvable manner.
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- isobilateral — (esp of a leaf) capable of being divided into symmetrical halves along two different planes
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- job analysis — a detailed study of the requirements necessary to complete a job, taking into consideration chiefly the order of operation, material and machinery needed, and the necessary qualifications of workers.
- jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
- knowableness — the quality of being knowable
- knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- laboratories — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.