11-letter words containing h, e, i
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
- 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.
- broken hill — a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)
- brotherlike — like a brother
- brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
- bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
- bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
- burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
- bush shrike — any shrike of the African subfamily Malaconotinae, such as Chlorophoneus nigrifrons (black-fronted bush shrike)
- butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
- butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
- butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
- cachectical — cachetic
- cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
- caddishness — the state of being caddish
- calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
- camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- cap-haitien — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
- capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
- catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
- catchweight — of or relating to a contest in which normal weight categories have been waived by agreement
- catechetics — the branch of theology that deals with catechesis
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
- catechistic — a person who catechizes.
- catechizing — Present participle of catechize.
- cathedratic — relating to the seat of the bishop
- catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
- catheterize — to insert a catheter into
- catholicate — the legal power of the leader of an Armenian church
- catholicize — to make or become catholic
- cattishness — The property of being cattish.
- cavalierish — like a cavalier
- cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness