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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).
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