10-letter words containing b, h, i
- bank night — Informal. (especially in the 1930s) an evening when prizes are awarded to members of the audience at a motion-picture theater.
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- barasingha — Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- barophobia — The fear of gravity or objects falling.
- baroswitch — a switch actuated by barometric pressure.
- barrelfish — a blackish stromateid fish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, inhabiting New England coastal waters.
- bashawship — the position or jurisdiction of a bashaw
- basmitzvah — in the Jewish religion, a girl attaining the age (usuALLU 12) of religious responsibility
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- bathinette — a portable folding bathtub for babies, made of rubberized cloth, etc.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- batophobia — The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- be in with — If you are in with a person or group, they like you and accept you, and are likely to help you.
- bean aphid — a small, black aphid, Aphis fabae, often found on beans and related plants.
- bedighting — Present participle of bedight.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- bench vice — a vice mounted on a workbench
- beni hasan — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 bc
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- berkshires — Also called Berks [burks; British bahrks] /bɜrks; British bɑrks/ (Show IPA). a county in S England. 485 sq. mi. (1255 sq. km).
- beseeching — A beseeching expression, gesture, or tone of voice suggests that the person who has or makes it very much wants someone to do something.
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bettelheim — Bruno, 1903–90, U.S. psychologist, educator, and writer, born in Austria.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bewitching — enchanting; charming; fascinating.
- bhavabhuti — flourished 8th century, Indian dramatist.
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- bible oath — an oath sworn with one's hand on the Christian Bible
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bichromate — dichromate
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- big cheese — Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese.
- big hitter — A big hitter is a sportsperson such as a golfer or tennis player who hits the ball with a lot of force.
- big-headed — If you describe someone as big-headed, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.