10-letter words containing h, i, e
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- bench vice — a vice mounted on a workbench
- beni hasan — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 bc
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- berkshires — Also called Berks [burks; British bahrks] /bɜrks; British bɑrks/ (Show IPA). a county in S England. 485 sq. mi. (1255 sq. km).
- beseeching — A beseeching expression, gesture, or tone of voice suggests that the person who has or makes it very much wants someone to do something.
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bettelheim — Bruno, 1903–90, U.S. psychologist, educator, and writer, born in Austria.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bewitching — enchanting; charming; fascinating.
- bible oath — an oath sworn with one's hand on the Christian Bible
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bichromate — dichromate
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- big cheese — Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese.
- big hitter — A big hitter is a sportsperson such as a golfer or tennis player who hits the ball with a lot of force.
- big-headed — If you describe someone as big-headed, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.
- billethead — a carved ornamental scroll or volute terminating a stem or cutwater at its upper end in place of a figurehead.
- binhex 4.0 — (file format) A seven bit wide representation of a Macintosh file with CRC error checking. Binhex 4.0 files are designed for communication of Mac files over long distance, possibly noisy, seven bit wide paths.
- biochemist — A biochemist is a scientist or student who studies biochemistry.
- bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- birch beer — a carbonated or fermented drink containing an extract from the bark of the birch tree.
- birkenhead — a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)
- birth name — the surname given a person at birth.
- birth rate — The birth rate in a place is the number of babies born there for every 1000 people during a particular period of time.
- birth-date — the date of a person’s birth, usually expressed as a specific day, month, and year.
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- birthrates — birthrate
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- bismuthine — an unstable hydride of bismuth, BiH 3 , analogous to arsine and stibine.
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bisulphide — a disulfide.
- bisulphite — a salt or ester of sulphurous acid containing the monovalent group -HSO3 or the ion HSO3–
- bitchiness — characteristic of a bitch; spiteful; malicious.
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- blind hole — a hole whose green cannot be seen by the approaching golfer because of trees or other obstructions.
- blitheness — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.