10-letter words containing h, e, n, i
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- ashkenazic — of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews
- aspen hill — a city in central Maryland.
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- astonished — If you are astonished by something, you are very surprised about it.
- astonishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astonish.
- at home in — familiar or conversant with
- athenienne — a small, decorative stand in the form of an antique tripod, used especially in France in the Louis XVI and Empire periods.
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- azomethine — (chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds of general formula RN=CR2.
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- bathinette — a portable folding bathtub for babies, made of rubberized cloth, etc.
- be in with — If you are in with a person or group, they like you and accept you, and are likely to help you.
- bean aphid — a small, black aphid, Aphis fabae, often found on beans and related plants.
- bedighting — Present participle of bedight.
- 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.
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- bench vice — a vice mounted on a workbench
- beni hasan — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 bc
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- beseeching — A beseeching expression, gesture, or tone of voice suggests that the person who has or makes it very much wants someone to do something.
- bewitching — enchanting; charming; fascinating.
- binhex 4.0 — (file format) A seven bit wide representation of a Macintosh file with CRC error checking. Binhex 4.0 files are designed for communication of Mac files over long distance, possibly noisy, seven bit wide paths.
- bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
- birkenhead — a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)
- birth name — the surname given a person at birth.
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- bismuthine — an unstable hydride of bismuth, BiH 3 , analogous to arsine and stibine.
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bitchiness — characteristic of a bitch; spiteful; malicious.
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blind hole — a hole whose green cannot be seen by the approaching golfer because of trees or other obstructions.
- blitheness — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- blush wine — any of certain wines similar in style to dry white wine although slightly pink in color: made like rosé from red-wine grapes, and often named by the grape's name preceded by “white,” as white zinfandel
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- boehmenism — the mystical doctrines or conceptions of Jakob Böhme.
- boehmenist — a supporter or adherent of Boehmenism.
- bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
- bone china — Bone china is a kind of thin china that contains powdered bone.
- bone white — any of various shades of grayish or yellowish white
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- branchiate — having gills.
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- breathe in — When you breathe in, you take some air into your lungs.
- brightener — a person or thing that brightens.
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.