12-letter words containing ha
- aristophanes — ?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
- aristophanic — 448?–385? b.c, Athenian comic dramatist.
- asphalt rock — a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens.
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- at half-mast — If a flag is flying at half-mast, it is flying from the middle of the pole, not the top, to show respect and sorrow for someone who has just died.
- atharva-veda — the fourth and latest Veda, largely consisting of priestly spells and incantations
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- baba ghanouj — a Middle Eastern dish, a puree of broiled eggplant usually with garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, eaten with pita as an appetizer
- bacchanalian — characterized by or involving drunken revelry
- back channel — an unofficial, often secret, means of communication
- backhandedly — In a backhanded manner.
- bad hair day — People sometimes say they are having a bad hair day when they do not feel very happy or relaxed, especially because their hair does not look good.
- baggage hall — a large room at an airport, usually containing a number of carousels, where passengers go to collect their baggage after a flight
- baha'í faith — a religious system founded in 1863 by Baha'ullah, based on Babism and emphasizing the value of all religions and the spiritual unity of all mankind
- bahama grass — Bermuda grass.
- baleen whale — any of an order (Mysticeta) of whales with toothless jaws, baleen in the mouth, and a symmetrical skull, consisting of the gray whale, the right whales, and rorquals
- ballhandling — skill in handling the ball
- bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
- barber chair — a chair used by barbers, adjustable in height and having an adjustable headrest, back, and footrest.
- barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
- basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- beaked whale — any of a worldwide family (Ziphiidae) of medium-sized toothed whales characterized by a long, narrow snout
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- belgian hare — a large red breed of domestic rabbit
- belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
- bequeathable — capable of being given to or bequeathed
- 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.
- bhakti-marga — any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- bhutatathata — Tathata.
- bilharziasis — schistosomiasis
- biohazardous — a pathogen, especially one used in or produced by biological research.
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- bonne chance — good luck
- borough hall — a building housing the administrative offices of a borough.
- bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- brahmacharya — the stage of life of the student, entailing study of the Vedas and complete celibacy, usually lasting for twelve years.
- 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.
- breuer chair — a chair with a frame of continuous chrome tubing, no back legs, and cane seat and back
- bridge chair — a lightweight folding chair, often part of a set of matching chairs and bridge table.
- brigham city — a city in N Utah.
- bromomethane — methyl bromide.
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- burj khalifa — a slender tapering skyscraper in Dubai; completed in 2009; the world's tallest man-made structure, standing at 828m (2716 ft)