12-letter words containing h, e, i
- bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- boucherville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- bourke-white — Margaret. 1906–71, US photographer, a pioneer of modern photojournalism: noted esp for her coverage of World War II
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
- breech birth — birth of a baby with the feet or buttocks appearing first
- breed's hill — a hill in E Massachusetts, adjoining Bunker Hill: the true site of the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
- breuer chair — a chair with a frame of continuous chrome tubing, no back legs, and cane seat and back
- brick cheese — a ripened, semisoft American cheese shaped like a brick and containing many small holes
- bridge chair — a lightweight folding chair, often part of a set of matching chairs and bridge table.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bridge house — a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- brine shrimp — any of a genus (Artemia) of small fairy shrimp found in salt lakes and marshes and used as living, frozen, or dried food in aquariums
- bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
- bronchogenic — bronchial in origin
- brunelleschi — Filippo (fiˈlippo). 1377–1446, Italian architect, whose works in Florence include the dome of the cathedral, the Pazzi chapel of Santa Croce, and the church of San Lorenzo
- buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
- bull thistle — a tall, spiny thistle, Cirsium vulgare, having heads of pink to purple flowers: a common weed in North America.
- bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
- cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
- calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
- callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- camel's hair — the hair of the camel
- camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carriwitchet — a conundrum, nonsensical question, or pun
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- carver chair — a chair of 17th-century New England, having a frame formed entirely of turned pieces, a back filled with several spindles, and no spindles between the arms and the seat.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- cash machine — ATM1
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- cash-in-lieu — Cash-in-lieu is payment of cash instead of stock when a stock splits or changes and the shareholder only owns a partial share.
- catachrestic — Constituting or related to catachresis.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis