13-letter words containing h, e, a, l, r
- ashlar veneer — a thin dressed stone with straight edges, used to face a wall
- asphalt paper — paper treated with asphalt, as to increase toughness or water resistance.
- atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
- baal merodach — Marduk.
- bachelor flat — a flat lived in, or intended for a bachelor
- bachelor girl — a young unmarried woman, esp one who is self-supporting
- bachelor seal — a young male seal, esp a fur seal, that has not yet mated
- bachelorettes — Plural form of bachelorette.
- bahr el jebel — a river in S Sudan: a segment of the White Nile river. 594 miles (956 km) long.
- balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
- barrel-shaped — having the shape of a barrel
- bartholomew i — (Dimitrios Archontonis) born 1940, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1991.
- bear the palm — to be the winner; take the prize
- behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
- bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
- bethnal green — a former borough of London, England, N of the Thames.
- bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
- biobehavioral — of or relating to the application of biological methods and ideas to the study of behavior in an attempt to understand emotions and reactions in terms of brain and physiological function.
- black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
- black-hearted — evil, malicious, or wicked
- blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
- blepharospasm — spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia
- bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
- breathability — fitness to be breathed
- breech-loader — a firearm that is loaded at the breech
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- bridal wreath — any of several N temperate rosaceous shrubs of the genus Spiraea, esp S. prunifolia, cultivated for their sprays of small white flowers
- bronze whaler — a shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, of southern Australian waters, having a bronze-coloured back
- bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- burgess shale — a bed of Cambrian sedimentary rock in the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia containing many unique invertebrate fossils
- burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
- butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
- calabash tree — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
- call the turn — to predict successfully
- candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium