12-letter words containing l, a, h, o
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- autochthonal — Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- azophenylene — phenazine.
- bachelor pad — a flat in which a bachelor lives
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- bachelorhood — the state of being a bachelor.
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- bank holiday — A bank holiday is a public holiday.
- bastel house — (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.
- bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
- 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).
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- betanaphthol — a colorless, crystalline isomer of naphthol, C10H8O, used as an antiseptic and parasiticide
- bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
- bibliophobia — an aversion to books
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- black cohosh — a plant of the ranunculaceous family, Cimicifuga racemosa, which is used as a natural alternative to hormone replacement therapy
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- blastosphere — blastula
- blennorrhoea — an excessive discharge of watery mucus, esp from the urethra or the vagina
- bletheration — nonsense!
- 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.
- board school — (formerly) a school managed by a board elected by local ratepayers
- 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
- boghead coal — compact bituminous coal that burns brightly and yields large quantities of tar and oil upon distillation.
- bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
- borough hall — a building housing the administrative offices of a borough.
- bothy ballad — a folk song, esp one from the farming community of NE Scotland
- bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breechloader — any gun loaded at the breech
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
- by wholesale — at wholesale
- cacophonical — cacophonous
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- camphor ball — mothball
- candleholder — a candlestick
- capitol hill — the area around the Capitol in Washington, DC
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- cash journal — cashbook.
- catastrophal — (rare) Catastrophic.