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11-letter words containing b, h, i

  • hereinabove — before in this document, statement, etc.
  • hereinbelow — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
  • hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
  • herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
  • hib vaccine — a vaccine against meningitis, pneumonia, and other illnesses caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b: usually administered during infancy.
  • hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
  • hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
  • hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
  • hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
  • hibernicism — an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish.
  • hibernicize — to make Irish in character.
  • hierophobia — an irrational fear of sacred objects or people
  • hierophobic — a person who suffers from hierophobia
  • higgs boson — a hypothetical type of heavy, electrically neutral particle with zero spin.
  • high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
  • highballing — a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
  • highbinders — Plural form of highbinder.
  • highblooded — of high blood, family, or race
  • highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
  • hillbillies — Plural form of hillbilly.
  • hippophobia — Fear or dislike of horses.
  • hit batsman — a batter who, having been struck by a pitch, is awarded first base.
  • hob-jobbing — the work or activities of a hobjobber
  • hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
  • holiday job — a temporary job taken by a person during their holidays from school, college or university
  • holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
  • holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
  • home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
  • home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
  • homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
  • homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
  • hoplophobia — (pejorative, rare) The fear of guns.
  • horn timber — a timber, often one of several, rising from the sternpost of a wooden vessel to support the overhang of the stern.
  • hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
  • hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
  • hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
  • hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
  • human being — any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.
  • hummingbird — a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.
  • husbandlike — resembling a husband
  • husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
  • hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
  • hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
  • hybrid bill — (in Parliament) a public bill to which the standing orders for private business apply; a bill having a general application as well as affecting certain private interests
  • hybrid chip — an integrated circuit that comprises both diffused active devices and thin-film components.
  • hybrid corn — a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
  • hybrid rock — an igneous rock formed by molten magma incorporating pre-existing rock through which it passes
  • hybridizing — Present participle of hybridize.
  • hydrobromic — of or derived from hydrobromic acid.
  • hydrophobia — rabies.
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