11-letter words containing h, e, t, r
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- bathysphere — a strong steel deep-sea diving sphere, lowered by cable
- battery hen — a hen kept in a battery
- be hard hit — To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
- beach aster — a seaside plant, Erigeron glaucus, of the temperate western coast of North America, having solitary, violet- or lilac-colored flowers.
- beach drift — the drifting of sediments, especially marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents.
- beach party — a party held on a beach
- beachmaster — a bull fur seal having its own territory in the breeding grounds.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- beta rhythm — the normal electrical activity of the cerebral cortex, occurring at a frequency of 13 to 30 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
- bethel park — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- betrothment — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- better half — one's spouse
- better than — superior to
- big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
- birthweight — the weight of an infant at birth.
- birtwhistle — Harrison, born 1934, English composer.
- bitter herb — an Old World herb, Centaurium erythraea, used dried in medicine as a tonic.
- bitterbrush — a flowering plant of the genus Purshia, native to North America
- blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
- bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
- blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
- 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.
- bohr theory — a theory of atomic structure that explains the spectrum of hydrogen atoms. It assumes that the electron orbiting around the nucleus can exist only in certain energy states, a jump from one state to another being accompanied by the emission or absorption of a quantum of radiation
- boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
- botheration — bother
- bottlebrush — a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
- bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
- breadthless — the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.
- breadthways — from side to side
- breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
- breath test — A breath test is a test carried out by police in which a driver blows into a piece of equipment to show how much alcohol he or she has drunk.
- breathalyse — to apply a Breathalyser test to (someone)
- breathalyze — If the driver of a car is breathalyzed by the police, they ask him or her to breathe into a special bag or device in order to test whether he or she has drunk too much alcohol.
- breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
- breathe out — When you breathe out, you send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth.
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- breechcloth — a cloth worn about the loins; loincloth
- breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
- bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
- 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.