11-letter words containing b, i, o, r, h
- chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
- chifforobes — Plural form of chifforobe.
- 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)
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- cohabitator — One who cohabits.
- coprophobia — an abnormal fear of feces.
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- dromophobia — an irrational fear of crossing roads
- drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- erotophobia — an abnormal fear of sexuality
- exhorbitant — Misspelling of exorbitant.
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
- habilitator — to clothe or dress.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).
- hard-bodied — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- helleborein — a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 37 H 56 O 18 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a heart stimulant.
- helleborine — A mainly woodland orchid occurring chiefly in north temperate regions.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- herbivorous — feeding on plants.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hereinabove — before in this document, statement, etc.
- hereinbelow — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- hierophobia — an irrational fear of sacred objects or people
- hierophobic — a person who suffers from hierophobia
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- 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.
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- 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
- hydrobromic — of or derived from hydrobromic acid.
- hydrophobia — rabies.
- 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.
- 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.