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11-letter words containing h, e, u

  • bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
  • bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
  • bicephalous — having two heads
  • bitterbrush — a flowering plant of the genus Purshia, native to North America
  • black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
  • 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.
  • bleak house — a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.
  • 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.
  • bleu cheese — blue cheese
  • block house — Stock Exchange. a firm that specializes in block trades.
  • blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
  • blue cheese — cheese containing a blue mould, esp Stilton, Roquefort, or Danish blue
  • blue cohosh — either of two unrelated plants of the eastern U.S., Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) of the buttercup family, or Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) of the barberry family, both used medicinally.
  • blue heeler — a cattle dog that controls cattle by biting their heels
  • blue helmet — a member of a United Nations military force, usually deployed on peacekeeping missions, and recognizable by a helmet or beret of a distinctive light blue colour
  • blue schist — a metamorphic rock formed under conditions of high pressure and relatively low temperature
  • blue shield — Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
  • blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
  • blushlessly — in a manner without blushing, shamelessly
  • bonus share — a share from stock given by a company to existing shareholders
  • 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)
  • breathe out — When you breathe out, you send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth.
  • breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
  • 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.
  • brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
  • brush maker — a manufacturer or crafter of brushes
  • brushpopper — a cowboy, especially one who works in the brush.
  • brushstroke — Brushstrokes are the marks made on a surface by a painter's brush.
  • bubble bath — Bubble bath is a liquid that smells nice and makes a lot of bubbles when you add it to your bath water.
  • bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
  • bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
  • bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
  • bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
  • bullet hole — hole made by a bullet
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
  • bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
  • bumbershoot — an umbrella
  • 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
  • bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
  • bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
  • bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
  • burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • bus shelter — A bus shelter is a bus stop that has a roof and at least one open side.
  • 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 jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
  • bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
  • bush league — In baseball, a bush league is the same as a minor league.
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