11-letter words containing e, t, h, o
- bohr theory — a theory of atomic structure that explains the spectrum of hydrogen atoms. It assumes that the electron orbiting around the nucleus can exist only in certain energy states, a jump from one state to another being accompanied by the emission or absorption of a quantum of radiation
- boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
- boost phase — the portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or spacecraft during which the booster and sustainer engines operate to bring it near or to peak velocity.
- botheration — bother
- bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
- bottlebrush — a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
- bottom heat — heat artificially applied to a container in which plants are grown in order to induce their germination, rooting, or growth.
- bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
- breathe out — When you breathe out, you send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth.
- breechcloth — a cloth worn about the loins; loincloth
- breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- brotherhood — Brotherhood is the affection and loyalty that you feel for people who you have something in common with.
- brotherlike — like a brother
- brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
- brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- brushstroke — Brushstrokes are the marks made on a surface by a painter's brush.
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- bullet hole — hole made by a bullet
- bumbershoot — an umbrella
- bush oyster — a bull's testicle when cooked and eaten
- butterworth — George. 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
- cadet cloth — a heavy woolen cloth of double-cloth construction and bluish-gray color, used especially for uniforms at military schools.
- caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
- case method — Also called case-study method [keys-stuhd-ee] /ˈkeɪsˈstʌd i/ (Show IPA). the teaching or elucidation of a subject or issue through analysis and discussion of actual cases, as in business education.
- case*method — An analysis and design method from Oracle targeted at information management applications.
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
- catholicate — the legal power of the leader of an Armenian church
- catholicize — to make or become catholic
- cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
- cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- chaetognath — any small wormlike marine invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, including the arrowworms, having a coelom and a ring of bristles around the mouth
- chain store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- 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.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chansonette — a little song
- chaoticness — The state or quality of being chaotic.
- charioteers — Plural form of charioteer.
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill