11-letter words containing h, i, b, e, r
- 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.
- 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.
- broken hill — a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)
- brotherlike — like a brother
- 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.
- bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
- bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- 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
- bush shrike — any shrike of the African subfamily Malaconotinae, such as Chlorophoneus nigrifrons (black-fronted bush shrike)
- butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
- butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
- chair table — an article of furniture, produced especially in colonial America, that can serve as either a table or a chair, having, as a chair, a large, usually circular, hinged back that can be pulled down and rested on the arms to form a tabletop.
- chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
- chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charbroiler — a grill or other equipment used for charbroiling
- chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
- cherishable — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- chief rabbi — the chief religious minister of a national Jewish community
- chifforobes — Plural form of chifforobe.
- child bride — a very young bride, esp when the groom is considerably older
- chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- cyberethics — Ethics in cyberspace.
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- embellisher — A person who embellishes.
- erotophobia — an abnormal fear of sexuality
- establisher — A person who establishes something.
- exhorbitant — Misspelling of exorbitant.
- fire blight — a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
- hackberries — Plural form of hackberry.
- hairbrained — giddy; reckless.
- hairbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- hairbrushes — Plural form of hairbrush.
- halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.