11-letter words containing h, i, d
- audiophiles — Plural form of audiophile.
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- bacchylides — flourished 5th century b.c, Greek poet.
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- baking dish — a usually ceramic dish in which items can be baked
- baldacchino — baldachin
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- be hard hit — To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
- 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 ridge — a ridge just inland from a beach, consisting of sand and gravel built up by storm waves
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
- behind line — the line over which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- behind time — late
- bewhiskered — having whiskers on the cheeks
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- bindheimite — a mineral, hydrous antimonate of lead, resulting from the alteration of lead antimony ores.
- bird cherry — a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus padus, with clusters of white flowers and small black fruits
- birobidzhan — a city in SE Russia: capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Pop: 77 250 (2002)
- bleed white — to deprive slowly of resources
- blue shield — Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
- bodhidharma — 6th century ad, Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism
- bodhisattva — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
- body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- borohydride — any compound, such as sodium borohydride, which contains the radical BH4
- brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
- bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- brood bitch — a female dog used for breeding.
- 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.
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
- butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
- caddishness — the state of being caddish
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
- 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