12-letter words containing t, h, e, l
- b lymphocyte — B cell.
- b-lymphocyte — a type of lymphocyte, originating in bone marrow, that produces antibodies
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- bastel house — (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.
- bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- beetleheaded — like a beetlehead; stupid
- bell heather — an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea
- bell the cat — to undertake a very dangerous mission
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
- bengal light — a firework or flare that burns with a steady bright blue light, formerly used as a signal
- bequeathable — capable of being given to or bequeathed
- betanaphthol — a colorless, crystalline isomer of naphthol, C10H8O, used as an antiseptic and parasiticide
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bibliotheque — a library.
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- big lie, the — a gross falsification or misrepresentation of the facts, with constant repetition and embellishment to lend credibility
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- blackhearted — wicked; evil
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blanket bath — an all-over wash given to a person confined to bed
- blastosphere — blastula
- blatherskite — a talkative silly person
- bletheration — nonsense!
- bletherskate — a blatherer
- block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
- 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 norther — a cold north wind that brings rapidly falling temperatures.
- blue thistle — blueweed (def 1).
- blue whiting — a fish of the cod family, Micromesistius poutassou
- 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.
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- bomb shelter — a shelter, usually underground, in which people take refuge from bomb attacks
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- 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.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- breast wheel — a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathalyzer — A Breathalyzer is a bag or electronic device that the police use to test whether a driver has drunk too much alcohol.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.