11-letter words containing h, e, r, c
- bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
- bird cherry — a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus padus, with clusters of white flowers and small black fruits
- 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.
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- board check — a body check in which the opponent is thrown against the wooden wall enclosing the rink. Compare check1 (def 37).
- body search — If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search.
- body-search — to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
- braced arch — an arch of steel, timber, etc., having a trusslike framework maintaining rigidity under a variety of eccentric loads: a true arch because it is fixed or tied at both sides of the base.
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- breech baby — a baby whose buttocks or feet are presented first during the birth process.
- breechblock — a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert the cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
- breechcloth — a cloth worn about the loins; loincloth
- breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- broad reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- 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.
- bronchocele — dilatation of a bronchus.
- bronx cheer — A Bronx cheer is a sound that people make by vibrating their lips in order to express disapproval or contempt.
- bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
- bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
- bush tucker — any wild animal, insect, plant or plant extract, etc traditionally used as food by native Australians
- bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
- butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
- 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.
- can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
- 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
- card hopper — a device that allows cards of varying thicknesses to be fed individually through an outlet opening in a printer without adjustment
- cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
- 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.
- cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
- cartwheeler — a person who performs cartwheels
- case-harden — to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
- casehardens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden.
- cash letter — a deposit list from one bank to another containing items to be credited to the account of the depositing bank.
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
- catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious