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12-letter words containing r, h, e, o, b

  • dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • double rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
  • double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
  • doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  • dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
  • e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
  • echo chamber — a room or studio with resonant walls for broadcasting or recording echoes or hollow sound effects.
  • elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
  • ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
  • en brochette — (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer
  • erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
  • exhibitioner — A student who has been awarded an exhibition (scholarship).
  • for the best — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
  • french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
  • frontbencher — (politics) one who sits on the front bench in a parliament. Typically the spokesmen for those who sit further back.
  • germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
  • gerontophobe — a person who fears or hates old people or the idea of growing old
  • ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
  • global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
  • god-botherer — an over-zealous Christian
  • half brother — brother (def 2).
  • half-brother — brother (def 2).
  • hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
  • halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
  • harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
  • harbour dues — the fees or charges paid for using a harbour
  • harbour seal — a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia
  • hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
  • 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.
  • heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
  • 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.
  • heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
  • heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
  • hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
  • hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
  • hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
  • hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
  • hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
  • homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
  • honey badger — ratel.
  • hop hornbeam — any of several Eurasian and North American trees of the genus Ostrya, of the birch family, especially O. virginiana, bearing hoplike fruiting clusters.
  • hopper barge — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
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