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11-letter words containing d, a, h, b, e

  • bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
  • bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
  • by the head — with the bow deeper in the water than the stern
  • cabbagehead — cabbage1 (def 2).
  • chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
  • chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
  • charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • cheeseboard — A cheeseboard is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
  • chess-board — the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess.
  • chessboards — Plural form of chessboard.
  • 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
  • cohabitated — cohabit.
  • danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
  • de la beche — Henry. 1796–1855, English geologist. His work led to the founding of the Geological Survey (1835)
  • dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
  • debauchedly — In a debauched manner.
  • debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
  • delightable — (obsolete) Delightful.
  • demob-happy — feeling elated in anticipation of demobilization from the armed forces
  • dumb sheave — a block having no sheave or other part rolling with the movement of a line.
  • established — (of a custom, belief, practice, or institution) Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
  • faith-based — affiliated with, supported by, or based on a religion or religious group: faith-based charities.
  • fall behind — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • feather bed — a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.
  • feather-bed — a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.
  • featherbeds — Plural form of featherbed.
  • footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
  • grab handle — A grab handle is a handle on the side of an object such as a bathtub that you hold in order to help you get in and out.
  • haberdasher — a retail dealer in men's furnishings, as shirts, ties, gloves, socks, and hats.
  • habilitated — Simple past tense and past participle of habilitate.
  • hairbrained — giddy; reckless.
  • hairbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
  • halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
  • halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
  • half-boiled — drunk.
  • half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
  • hand-basket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
  • handbaskets — Plural form of handbasket.
  • handbreadth — a unit of linear measure from 2½ to 4 inches (6.4 to 10 cm).
  • hang behind — to remain in a place after others have left; linger
  • harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
  • harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).
  • hard rubber — rubber vulcanized with a large amount of sulfur, usually 25–35 percent, to render it stiff and comparatively inflexible.
  • hard-bitten — tough; stubborn.
  • 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.
  • harebrained — giddy; reckless.
  • have it bad — suffer disadvantage
  • hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
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