10-letter words containing h, e, d
- backlashed — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- 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.
- badmouthed — Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- 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)
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- barehanded — without weapons, tools, etc
- bareheaded — Someone who is bareheaded is not wearing a hat or any other covering on their head.
- barrelhead — the round and flat end of a barrel
- batch mode — computer processing in which commands are input from a batch file, not interactively
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- be hard on — to treat severely; be harsh toward
- beachheads — Plural form of beachhead.
- bean aphid — a small, black aphid, Aphis fabae, often found on beans and related plants.
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- bedighting — Present participle of bedight.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- beetlehead — a person of low intelligence
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- bench-made — (of articles made of leather, wood, etc.) individually produced and finished, as on a carpenter's bench; custom-made.
- bequeathed — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- big-headed — If you describe someone as big-headed, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.
- billethead — a carved ornamental scroll or volute terminating a stem or cutwater at its upper end in place of a figurehead.
- birkenhead — a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)
- birth-date — the date of a person’s birth, usually expressed as a specific day, month, and year.
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bisulphide — a disulfide.
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blind hole — a hole whose green cannot be seen by the approaching golfer because of trees or other obstructions.
- blood heat — Blood heat is a temperature of 37°C, which is about the same as the normal temperature of the human body.
- bobblehead — a collectable doll with a bobbing oversized head representing a celebrity or a cartoon character
- bodhi tree — the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha
- body check — the fair block of an opponent who has the puck by bumping with the body, shoulder to hip, from the front or side
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
- boneheaded — a foolish or stupid person; blockhead.
- bonnethead — a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, found in shallow waters from Brazil to Massachusetts, having a spade-shaped head.