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11-letter words containing b, i, l, h

  • black birch — sweet birch.
  • black hills — a group of mountains in W South Dakota and NE Wyoming: famous for the gigantic sculptures of US presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore. Highest peak: Harney Peak, 2207 m (7242 ft)
  • black light — the invisible electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet and infrared regions of the spectrum
  • black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
  • black witch — any of several large noctuid moths of the genus Erebus, especially the blackish E. odora (black witch) of Central and North America.
  • blasphemies — impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
  • blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
  • bleed white — to deprive slowly of resources
  • blemishment — a flaw or blemish
  • blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
  • blightingly — in a blighting manner
  • blue schist — a metamorphic rock formed under conditions of high pressure and relatively low temperature
  • blue shield — Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
  • blytheville — a city in NE Arkansas.
  • body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
  • boot polish — a resistant polish specially formulated to protect boots of various kinds
  • brachialgia — pain in the nerves of the upper arm.
  • brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
  • brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
  • 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.
  • 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 wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
  • bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
  • brith milah — the rite of circumcision on the eighth day after birth
  • 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.
  • broken hill — a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)
  • brotherlike — like a brother
  • buffalofish — any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus: family Catostomidae (suckers)
  • bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
  • bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
  • bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
  • bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
  • bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
  • butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
  • calico bush — mountain laurel
  • cashability — money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.
  • 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.
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • channelbill — a large, gray Australian cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, with a grooved bill.
  • charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
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