11-letter words containing b, h, i
- blytheville — a city in NE Arkansas.
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- bodhidharma — 6th century ad, Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism
- bodhisattva — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
- body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
- bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- bonefishing — the activity of fishing for bonefish
- book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
- boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
- boot polish — a resistant polish specially formulated to protect boots of various kinds
- borohydride — any compound, such as sodium borohydride, which contains the radical BH4
- botheration — bother
- bottom fish — any fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, as a flounder or catfish
- bottom-fish — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
- brachialgia — pain in the nerves of the upper arm.
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
- brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
- brahmachari — a student of the Vedas, especially one committed to brahmacharya.
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
- breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
- bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- brith milah — the rite of circumcision on the eighth day after birth
- british gum — dextrin.
- british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
- brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.