11-letter words containing b, h, i
- hydrophobic — of or relating to hydrophobia.
- hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperbolize — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.
- hypercarbia — (medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypnophobia — An abnormal fear of falling asleep.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypsophobia — an extreme or abnormal fear of heights
- ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
- ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- impeachable — making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.
- in bed with — in collusion with
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- in the book — in all that is known and practiced in connection with a particular activity
- in the buff — naked
- in the club — pregnant
- inhabitable — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inhabitance — place of residence; habitation.
- inhabitancy — place of residence; habitation.
- inhabitants — a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.
- inhabitress — a female inhabitant
- inheritable — capable of being inherited.
- inheritably — capable of being inherited.
- inhibitions — the act of inhibiting.
- interbranch — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- ish-bosheth — a son and successor of Saul. II Sam. 2–4.
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- judeophobia — Alternative case form of Judeophobia.
- kerb weight — the weight of a motor car without occupants, luggage, etc
- kid brother — younger male sibling
- kirby-smith — Edmund, 1824–93, Confederate general in the American Civil War.
- kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- labyrinthal — Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
- labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- light bread — white bread.
- light table — a table that has a translucent top illuminated from below and is used typically for making tracings or examining color transparencies.
- limber hole — any of a series of holes pierced through a frame or floor to allow the passage of accumulated moisture.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucha libre — a form of freestyle wrestling originating in Mexico
- lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
- lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.