12-letter words containing s, h, e, l, b
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- hubble's law — the law that the velocity of recession of distant galaxies from our own is proportional to their distance from us.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- lobster moth — a large sombre-hued prominent moth, Stauropus fagi, that when at rest resembles dead leaves. The modified thoracic legs of the larva, carried curled over its body, look like a lobster's claw
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- pebbledashed — covered with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- peeblesshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phrasal verb — a combination of verb and one or more adverbial or prepositional particles, as catch on, take off, bring up, or put up with, functioning as a single semantic unit and often having an idiomatic meaning that could not be predicted from the meanings of the individual parts.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- researchable — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- shelter belt — a row of trees planted to protect an area from the wind
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
- sleigh bells — a number of small, spherical bells fixed to the harness straps of an animal drawing a sleigh
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- slobbishness — the state or characteristic of being a slob
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
- 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.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- 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 bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- 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).