12-letter words containing s, b, t, h
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
- the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
- the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
- the bollocks — something excellent
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- the hebrides — a group of over 500 islands off the W coast of Scotland: separated by the North Minch, Little Minch, and the Sea of the Hebrides: the chief islands are Skye, Raasay, Rum, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Jura, Colonsay, and Islay (Inner Hebrides), and Lewis with Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra (Outer Hebrides)
- the sorbonne — a part of the University of Paris containing the faculties of science and literature: founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon as a theological college; given to the university in 1808
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
- thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
- thrombolysis — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
- through bass — figured bass.
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- to be honest — in truth
- trachybasalt — a fine-grained volcanic rock containing sanidine and calcic plagioclase.
- trophobiosis — the exchange of nourishment between organisms in a symbiotic relationship
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- two-base hit — a base hit that enables a batter to reach second base safely.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unstanchable — unstoppable
- upright bass — double bass
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- zen buddhist — a follower or adherent of Zen Buddhism