12-letter words containing s, h
- bhubaneshwar — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- bible school — a school or study program devoted to Bible study, esp at a church
- bichon frise — a small white poodle-like dog of European origin, with a silky, loosely curling coat
- bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- bilharziasis — schistosomiasis
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biohazardous — a pathogen, especially one used in or produced by biological research.
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- biorhythmics — the study of biorhythms
- biosynthesis — the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
- bishop's-cap — any of a genus (Mitella) of small woodland plants of the saxifrage family, with two-lobed seedcases shaped like a bishop's hat
- bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
- black cohosh — a plant of the ranunculaceous family, Cimicifuga racemosa, which is used as a natural alternative to hormone replacement therapy
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blastosphere — blastula
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- bletherskate — a blatherer
- 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
- blocked shoe — a dancing shoe with a stiffened toe that enables a ballet dancer to dance on the tips of the toes
- 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 helmets — armed troops under the sponsorship of the United Nations, used for peacekeeping
- 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.
- board school — (formerly) a school managed by a board elected by local ratepayers
- board shorts — shorts with longer legs, originally meant to protect a surfer's legs against the surfboard
- boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
- 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
- boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
- bog asphodel — either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
- 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.
- bomb shelter — a shelter, usually underground, in which people take refuge from bomb attacks
- bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- bonus scheme — a scheme in a company or other organization according to which employees receive a bonus if they meet specified targets
- book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder
- booster shot — an injection of a vaccine or other antigen some time after the initial series of injections, for maintaining immunity
- borscht belt — (sometimes initial capital letters) the hotels of the predominantly Jewish resort area in the Catskill Mountains, many of them offering nightclub or cabaret entertainment.
- bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
- bottom house — the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- bourne shell — (sh, Shellish). The original command-line interpreter shell and script language for Unix written by S.R. Bourne of Bell Laboratories in 1978. sh has been superseded for interactive use by the Berkeley C shell, csh but still widely used for writing shell scripts. There were even earlier shells, see glob. [Details?]