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11-letter words containing b, h

  • superbright — exceptionally bright
  • svarabhakti — the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation [lahn-tsee-ke-nek-kaw] /ˌlɑn tsi kɛˈnɛk kɔ/ (Show IPA) for German Landsknecht [lahnts-knekht] /ˈlɑntsˌknɛxt/ (Show IPA).
  • swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
  • sweet birch — a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.
  • sweet herbs — sweet-smelling herbs that are grown specifically for cooking
  • sweet shrub — Carolina allspice.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
  • take a bath — a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath.
  • taphephobia — an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
  • technophobe — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • tectibranch — a mollusc of the suborder Tectibranchia (or Tectibranchiata) (order: Opisthobranchia) which includes the sea slugs and sea hares
  • terbrugghen — Hendrik. 1588–1629, Dutch painter of the Utrecht school, who specialized in religious subjects, for example the Incredulity of St Thomas and the Calling of St Matthew
  • textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • the bahamas — a group of over 700 coral islands (about 20 of which are inhabited) in the Caribbean: a British colony from 1783 until 1964; an independent nation within the Commonwealth from 1973. Language: English. Currency: Bahamian dollar. Capital: Nassau. Pop: 319 031 (2013 est). Area: 13 939 sq km (5381 sq miles)
  • the balance — the constellation Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac
  • the baptist — John the Baptist
  • the battery — a park in New York City, at the S tip of Manhattan: 21 acres
  • the bejesus — (intensifier) used in such phrases as beat the bejesus out of, scare the bejesus out of, etc
  • the beltway — Washington, D.C., esp. as regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics: so called from the expressway around the District of Columbia & nearby areas
  • the big ten — a group of ten US universities which have a tradition of excellence in baseball, basketball, and American football.
  • the bitumen — any road with a bitumen surface
  • the blessed — the dead who are already enjoying heavenly bliss
  • the borders — the area either side of the border between England and Scotland
  • the british — the people of Great Britain
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • the jobless — those who are unemployed
  • the lebanon — a republic in W Asia, on the Mediterranean: an important centre of the Phoenician civilization in the third millennium bc; part of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 until 1919; gained independence in 1941 (effective by 1945). Official language: Arabic; French and English are also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim and Christian. Currency: Lebanese pound. Capital: Beirut. Pop: 4 131 583 (2013 est). Area: 10 400 sq km (4015 sq miles)
  • the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
  • the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
  • theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
  • theophobist — a person who fears or despises God or religion
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • therebeside — next to; beside that
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thigh boots — boots that cover the thighs
  • thimbleweed — any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.
  • thingamabob — thingamajig.
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • thrasybulus — died c389 b.c, Athenian patriot and general.
  • three-birds — nodding pogonia.
  • thrombocyte — platelet.
  • thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
  • throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
  • thumb drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
  • thumb glass — a drinking glass having external indentations to allow it to be firmly grasped.
  • thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
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