12-letter words containing s, h, i, l
- bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- bilharziasis — schistosomiasis
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- blimpishness — actions or behaviour akin to those of the fictional character of Colonel Blimp, or the quality of resembling this character
- blind stitch — a type of stitch that is visible on one side of the material only
- bloodthirsty — Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.
- bloody shirt — something, as a political issue or historical event, that can be used to stir up outrage, partisan support, etc.
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- blue thistle — blueweed (def 1).
- blue-thistle — Also called blue thistle. a bristly weed, Echium vulgare, of the borage family, having showy blue flowers, a native of Europe naturalized in the U.S.
- body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- boiler house — a building housing a boiler
- bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
- breed's hill — a hill in E Massachusetts, adjoining Bunker Hill: the true site of the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
- bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
- british list — a list, maintained by the British Ornithologists' Union, of birds accepted as occurring at least once in the British Isles
- british rail — the organization that ran the British railway system from 1948 until privatization in the mid-1990s
- brunelleschi — Filippo (fiˈlippo). 1377–1446, Italian architect, whose works in Florence include the dome of the cathedral, the Pazzi chapel of Santa Croce, and the church of San Lorenzo
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
- bull thistle — a tall, spiny thistle, Cirsium vulgare, having heads of pink to purple flowers: a common weed in North America.
- bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
- cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
- calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
- callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- camel's hair — the hair of the camel
- camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- capital ship — one of the largest and most heavily armed ships in a naval fleet
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- cash-in-lieu — Cash-in-lieu is payment of cash instead of stock when a stock splits or changes and the shareholder only owns a partial share.
- cataphysical — perverse; contrary to nature
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- channelising — Present participle of channelise.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity