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11-letter words containing b, e, s, h, t

  • ish-bosheth — a son and successor of Saul. II Sam. 2–4.
  • last breath — When someone takes their last breath, they die.
  • master bath — a private bathroom adjoining a master bedroom.
  • mesobenthos — flora and fauna living at the bottom of seas 182 to 914 metres deep
  • miphiboseth — Mephibosheth.
  • native bush — indigenous forest
  • on the bias — A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.
  • oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
  • publishment — publication.
  • rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
  • reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • sea bathing — the activity of swimming in the sea
  • shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
  • shea butter — a solid, greenish, yellowish, or whitish fat derived from the seeds of the shea tree, used for food and in the manufacture of soaps and candles.
  • shelterbelt — a row of trees providing shelter from the wind
  • shutter-bug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
  • shuttle bus — a bus that travels regularly between two places
  • sketch book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
  • southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
  • staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
  • steeplebush — the hardhack.
  • stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • stepbrother — one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by a previous marriage.
  • sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
  • subjectship — the state of being a subject or citizen
  • sublethally — in a sublethal manner
  • superbright — exceptionally bright
  • sweet birch — a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.
  • sweet herbs — sweet-smelling herbs that are grown specifically for cooking
  • sweet shrub — Carolina allspice.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
  • textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
  • the bahamas — a group of over 700 coral islands (about 20 of which are inhabited) in the Caribbean: a British colony from 1783 until 1964; an independent nation within the Commonwealth from 1973. Language: English. Currency: Bahamian dollar. Capital: Nassau. Pop: 319 031 (2013 est). Area: 13 939 sq km (5381 sq miles)
  • the baptist — John the Baptist
  • the bejesus — (intensifier) used in such phrases as beat the bejesus out of, scare the bejesus out of, etc
  • the blessed — the dead who are already enjoying heavenly bliss
  • the borders — the area either side of the border between England and Scotland
  • the british — the people of Great Britain
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • the jobless — those who are unemployed
  • the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
  • the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
  • theophobist — a person who fears or despises God or religion
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • therebeside — next to; beside that
  • three-birds — nodding pogonia.
  • thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
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