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11-letter words containing h, e, p

  • bench press — a weight-training exercise in which a person lies on a bench and pushes a barbell upwards with both hands from chest level until the arms are straight, then lowers it again
  • bench-press — a weightlifting exercise in which one lies supine on a bench and with both hands pushes a barbell or fixed weight upward from chest level to arm's length and then lowers it back to chest level: usually repeated in sets.
  • benchership — the position of a bencher at the Inns of Court
  • benthoscope — a deep-sea diving vessel
  • bethel park — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
  • bibliophage — an ardent reader; a bookworm.
  • bibliophile — a person who collects or is fond of books
  • bibliophobe — a person who hates, fears, or distrusts books.
  • bicephalous — having two heads
  • bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
  • biographize — to write a biography of (someone)
  • birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
  • black perch — a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.
  • black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
  • blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • blasphemies — impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
  • blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
  • blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
  • blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
  • boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
  • boost phase — the portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or spacecraft during which the booster and sustainer engines operate to bring it near or to peak velocity.
  • bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
  • brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
  • bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
  • brushpopper — a cowboy, especially one who works in the brush.
  • bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
  • bush parole — an escape from prison.
  • buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
  • cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
  • caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
  • cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
  • camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
  • camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
  • camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
  • camphorweed — vinegarweed.
  • cap-haitien — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
  • cape helles — a cape in NW Turkey, at the S end of the Gallipoli Peninsula
  • capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
  • capped hock — any swelling, inflammatory or otherwise, on the point of the hock of horses.
  • card hopper — a device that allows cards of varying thicknesses to be fed individually through an outlet opening in a printer without adjustment
  • cardsharper — (rare) alternative spelling of cardsharp.
  • carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
  • carpophores — Plural form of carpophore.
  • catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  • catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
  • cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
  • centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
  • cephalalgia — headache (def 1).
  • cephalalgic — relating to or affected by headache
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