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11-letter words containing h, i

  • balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
  • ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
  • baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
  • bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
  • bar mitzvah — A bar mitzvah is a ceremony that takes place on the thirteenth birthday of a Jewish boy, after which he is regarded as an adult.
  • bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
  • baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
  • baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
  • baresthesia — the sense or perception of pressure.
  • barographic — Measured using a barograph.
  • barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
  • baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
  • bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah
  • bashibazouk — (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
  • basil thyme — a plant, Acinos thymoides, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves and purplish flowers.
  • basil-thyme — a European plant, Acinos arvensis, having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers: family Lamiaceae
  • basket fish — basket star.
  • basket hilt — a hilt fitted to a broadsword, with a generally padded basket-shaped guard to protect the hand
  • bat mitzvah — (of a Jewish girl) having attained religious majority at the age of twelve
  • bath oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
  • bath tissue — toilet paper.
  • bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
  • bathing hut — a small waterside building where swimmers can change their clothes
  • batholithic — Containing or relating to batholith.
  • bathophobia — the fear of depths of any kind, whether a fear of deep water or of falling from a great height
  • bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
  • bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
  • batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
  • batsmanship — (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
  • battleships — Plural form of battleship.
  • bbc english — Received Pronunciation.
  • be hard hit — To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
  • be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
  • beach chair — A beach chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Beach chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
  • 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
  • bearishness — The characteristic of being bearish.
  • beauharnais — Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
  • bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
  • behaviorism — Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
  • behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
  • behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
  • 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
  • bellyaching — constant complaining
  • benchership — the position of a bencher at the Inns of Court
  • benightment — the state of being in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness
  • bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
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