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11-letter words containing b, h

  • canoe birch — paper birch.
  • cashability — money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.
  • catch basin — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
  • cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
  • ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
  • chair table — an article of furniture, produced especially in colonial America, that can serve as either a table or a chair, having, as a chair, a large, usually circular, hinged back that can be pulled down and rested on the arms to form a tabletop.
  • chaleur bay — an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
  • chalkboards — Plural form of chalkboard.
  • chamber mug — a chamber pot.
  • chamber pop — pop music that incorporates orchestral arrangements
  • chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
  • chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
  • chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
  • chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
  • channelbill — a large, gray Australian cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, with a grooved bill.
  • chantefable — (in medieval French literature) a prose narrative interspersed with verse.
  • char-a-banc — a large bus used on sightseeing tours, especially one with open sides and no center aisle.
  • charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • charbroiler — a grill or other equipment used for charbroiling
  • chargebacks — Plural form of chargeback.
  • chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
  • chatterbots — Plural form of chatterbot.
  • checker cab — a taxi with a checked pattern as part of the trim
  • cheeseboard — A cheeseboard is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
  • chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
  • chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
  • chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
  • cheque book — A cheque book is a book of cheques which your bank gives you so that you can pay for things by cheque.
  • cheque stub — the part of a cheque that is retained as a record of its purpose
  • cherishable — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
  • cherry bomb — a powerful firecracker that is shaped like a cherry
  • chess-board — the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess.
  • chessboards — Plural form of chessboard.
  • chessboxing — a sport in which participants contest alternating rounds of chess and boxing, of four and two minutes respectively
  • chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • chickabiddy — a term of endearment, esp for a child
  • chief rabbi — the chief religious minister of a national Jewish community
  • chifforobes — Plural form of chifforobe.
  • chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
  • child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
  • child bride — a very young bride, esp when the groom is considerably older
  • child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
  • childbirths — Plural form of childbirth.
  • chile-bells — a vine, Lapageria rosea, native to Chile, having leathery evergreen leaves and showy reddish flowers: the national flower of Chile.
  • chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
  • chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
  • chockablock — pulled so tight as to have the blocks touching
  • chromophobe — a cell that does not take a stain easily
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