10-letter words containing h, a
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- azhdarchid — Any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.
- azomethine — (chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds of general formula RN=CR2.
- baby coach — a baby carriage.
- baby tooth — Your baby teeth are the first teeth that grow in your mouth, which later fall out and are replaced by a second set.
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- bacchanals — Plural form of bacchanal.
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- back bench — any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers.
- back light — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- back shaft — a spindle carrying back gears.
- back shift — a group of workers who work a shift from late afternoon to midnight in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a night shift is also worked
- back tooth — a tooth in the back of your jaw
- back-check — to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack. Compare check1 (def 15), fore-check.
- back-cloth — backdrop (def 1).
- backcloths — Plural form of backcloth.
- backhanded — A backhanded compliment is a remark which seems to be an insult but could also be understood as a compliment. A backhanded compliment is also a remark which seems to be a compliment but could also be understood as an insult.
- backhander — A backhander is an amount of money that is illegally paid to someone in a position of authority in order to encourage them to do something.
- backlashed — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlasher — something or someone who produces a backlash
- backlashes — Plural form of backlash.
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- backsheesh — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backsights — Plural form of backsight.
- backsplash — any tiled area by, for example, a sink, cooker or bath to prevent damage to a wall by food or water splashes
- backstitch — a strong sewing stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle or beginning of the preceding one
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- bad breath — halitosis.
- bad cheque — A bad cheque is a bank cheque that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the cheque.
- badakhshan — a former province in NE Afghanistan.
- badmouthed — Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- baha'ullah — title of Mirza Hosein Ali. 1817–92, Persian religious leader: originally a Shiite Muslim, later a disciple of the Bab; founder of the Baha'í Faith
- bahawalpur — an industrial city in Pakistan: cotton, soap. Pop: 563 000 (2005 est)
- bahuvrihis — Plural form of bahuvrihi.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- bakehouses — Plural form of bakehouse.
- bakersheet — dripping pan.
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- balashikha — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe: a NE suburb of Moscow.
- baldacchin — A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
- baldachins — Plural form of baldachin.
- balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- baldheaded — having a bald head
- ballyhooed — a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- band shell — an outdoor platform for concerts, having a concave, nearly hemispherical back serving as a sounding board
- banda aceh — a city in N Indonesia, in N Sumatra; the capital of Aceh region; suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Pop: 154 767 (2000)
- bandishing — Present participle of bandish.
- bandwidths — Plural form of bandwidth.
- banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire