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12-letter words containing t, s, h, i

  • baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
  • baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
  • bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
  • basic weight — basis weight.
  • basis weight — the weight in pounds of a ream of paper of a basic size, usually 25 × 38 inches (63 × 96 cm) for book stock, 17 × 22 inches (43 × 55 cm) for writing stock, and 20 × 26 inches (50 × 66 cm) for cover stock.
  • basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
  • basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
  • bathing suit — A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
  • bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
  • best in show — an award to the dog, cat, or other animal judged best of all breeds in a competition.
  • beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
  • beth shammai — the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish teacher Shammai and characterized by an austere or rigid interpretation of Jewish law and tradition.
  • betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
  • biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • blatherskite — a talkative silly person
  • 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.
  • boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
  • boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
  • bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
  • bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
  • 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
  • british warm — an army officer's short thick overcoat
  • brushability — the quality of being brushable
  • 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
  • bushfighting — fighting in the bush
  • 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.
  • capital ship — one of the largest and most heavily armed ships in a naval fleet
  • cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
  • case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
  • cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
  • cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
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