10-letter words containing h, i, e
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- blithesome — cheery; merry
- blue shift — a shift toward shorter wavelengths of the spectral lines of a celestial object, caused by the motion of the object toward the observer.
- blush wine — any of certain wines similar in style to dry white wine although slightly pink in color: made like rosé from red-wine grapes, and often named by the grape's name preceded by “white,” as white zinfandel
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- bodhi tree — the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha
- boehmenism — the mystical doctrines or conceptions of Jakob Böhme.
- boehmenist — a supporter or adherent of Boehmenism.
- bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
- bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bolshevist — a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
- bolshevize — to bring into line with Communist ideology
- bone china — Bone china is a kind of thin china that contains powdered bone.
- bone white — any of various shades of grayish or yellowish white
- boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- bow weight — the poundage required to draw a bow to the full length of the arrow
- branchiate — having gills.
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
- breathe in — When you breathe in, you take some air into your lungs.
- brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
- bridgehead — A bridgehead is a good position which an army has taken in the enemy's territory and from which it can advance or attack.
- brightener — a person or thing that brightens.
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- bring home — introduce to parents
- brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
- brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
- brush fire — a fire in brushwood
- brush-fire — limited in scope, area, or importance, as some labor disputes or local skirmishes.
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- bush knife — a large heavy knife suitable for outdoor use
- bushelling — alteration of clothes
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- butt hinge — a hinge made of two matching leaves, one recessed into a door and the other into the jamb so that they are in contact when the door is shut
- butterfish — an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin
- cache line — (storage) (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
- cache miss — (storage) A request to read from memory which cannot be satisfied from the cache, for which the main memory has to be consulted. Opposite: cache hit.
- cachinnate — to laugh loudly
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
- calciphile — calcicole.
- calciphobe — calcifuge.
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- camel hair — the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.
- camel-hair — A camel-hair coat is made of a kind of soft, thick woollen cloth, usually creamy-brown in colour.
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.