11-letter words containing a, h, n
- autochthons — Plural form of autochthon.
- autochthony — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autophanous — illuminated by a self-contained power source
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- babyishness — The state or quality of being babyish.
- bacchanalia — orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
- back anchor — a small anchor for backing a larger one.
- backbencher — A backbencher is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in their political party.
- backbenches — The backbenches are the seats in the British House of Commons where backbenchers sit. The Members of Parliament who sit on the backbenches are also referred to as the backbenches.
- backchannel — an unofficial or covert means of conveying information, originally or esp in political or diplomatic circles
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- baking dish — a usually ceramic dish in which items can be baked
- baldacchino — baldachin
- ballhandler — a player particularly skilled at passing and dribbling
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
- baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- baron-cohen — Sacha. born 1970, British television and film comedian, best known for his creation of the characters Ali G and Borat
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
- basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
- batch plant — a manufacturing plant where concrete is mixed before being transported to a construction site ready to be poured.
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
- bathing hut — a small waterside building where swimmers can change their clothes
- bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- batsmanship — (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
- battery hen — a hen kept in a battery
- be death on — to deal with in a devastating manner
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- beanshooter — peashooter
- bear a hand — to give assistance
- bearishness — The characteristic of being bearish.
- beauharnais — Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
- behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- ben yehudah — Eliezer [el-ee-ez-er] /ˌɛl iˈɛz ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1922, Jewish scholar, born in Lithuania.
- bench lathe — a lathe mounted on a workbench
- bench table — a course of masonry forming a bench at the foot of a wall.