12-letter words containing t, o, r, b
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
- front bottom — the female genitals
- front burner — Informal. a condition or position of top priority: Put the project on the front burner and finish it as soon as possible.
- frontal bone — a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit.
- frontal lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the central sulcus.
- frontbencher — (politics) one who sits on the front bench in a parliament. Typically the spokesmen for those who sit further back.
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- gamboge tree — any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, esp G. hanburyi, that yield this resin: family Clusiaceae
- gerontophobe — a person who fears or hates old people or the idea of growing old
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
- globetrotter — a person who travels regularly or frequently to countries all over the world.
- god-botherer — an over-zealous Christian
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- greenbottles — Plural form of greenbottle.
- groundbursts — Plural form of groundburst.
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half-brother — brother (def 2).
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- hark back to — recall: earlier era
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- honor bright — upon my honor; really and truly: I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- ibota privet — a Japanese spreading shrub, Ligustrum obtusifolium, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and nodding white flower clusters.
- infraorbital — (anatomy) Below the orbit (of the eye).
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
- interorbital — Between orbitals.
- interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
- interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- isobilateral — (esp of a leaf) capable of being divided into symmetrical halves along two different planes
- job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
- job printing — commercial printing of such items as letterheads, circulars, invitations, etc.
- job rotation — the practice of transferring an employee from one work station or activity to another during the working day in order to add variety to a job: often used in assembly line work
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.