7-letter words containing h, i
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- beauish — vain and showy
- bedight — to array or adorn
- beehive — A beehive is a structure in which bees are kept, which is designed so that the beekeeper can collect the honey that they produce.
- behenic — of or derived from behenic acid; docosanoic.
- behight — a vow or promise
- behring — Emil (Adolf) von (ˈeːmiːl fɔn). 1854–1917, German bacteriologist, who discovered diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1901
- benight — to shroud in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness
- benthic — of or relating to a benthos.
- beshine — to illuminate or shine on
- bethink — to cause (oneself) to consider or meditate
- bewitch — If someone or something bewitches you, you are so attracted to them that you cannot think about anything else.
- bexhill — a resort in S England, in East Sussex on the English Channel. Pop: 39 451 (2001)
- bhikshu — a monk.
- bhishti — (formerly in India) a water-carrier
- bichord — (of a musical instrument) having two strings for one note
- biggish — Something that is biggish is fairly big.
- bighead — a conceited person
- bighorn — a large wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, inhabiting mountainous regions in North America and NE Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. The male has massive curved horns, and the species is well adapted for climbing and leaping
- bimorph — an assembly of two piezoelectric crystals cemented together so that an applied voltage causes one to expand and the other to contract, converting electrical signals into mechanical energy. Conversely, bending can generate a voltage: used in loudspeakers, gramophone pick-ups, etc
- bingham — George Caleb1811-79; U.S. painter
- biochip — a small glass or silicon plate containing an array of biochemical molecules or structures, used as a biosensor or in gene sequencing
- bioherm — a mound of material laid down by sedentary marine organisms, esp a coral reef
- biophor — (in Weismann's theory of heredity) a hypothetical particle of the ultimate form of matter
- biotech — Biotech means the same as biotechnology.
- birchen — of or relating to birch.
- bircher — a member or supporter of the John Birch Society
- birthed — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
- birther — a person who believes that Barack Obama, US President 2009–2017, was not born in the USA and was therefore not eligible to be President
- bishkek — the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Pop: 828 000 (2005 est)
- bismuth — a brittle pinkish-white crystalline metallic element having low thermal and electrical conductivity, which expands on cooling. It is widely used in alloys, esp low-melting alloys in fire safety devices; its compounds are used in medicines. Symbol: Bi; atomic no: 83; atomic wt: 208.98037; valency: 3 or 5; relative density: 9.747; melting pt: 271.4°C; boiling pt: 1564±5°C
- bitchen — marvelous; wonderful.
- blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
- blighty — Blighty is a way of referring to England.
- blither — to talk nonsense
- blithes — a female given name.
- blueish — bluish
- boarish — coarse, cruel, or sensual
- bobbish — cheerful, in good health and mood
- boggish — like a bog
- bohemia — a former kingdom of central Europe, surrounded by mountains: independent from the 9th to the 13th century; belonged to the Hapsburgs from 1526 until 1918
- bohrium — a transuranic element artificially produced in minute quantities by bombarding 204Bi atoms with 54Cr nuclei. Symbol: Bh; atomic no: 107
- bolshie — Bolshevik
- boobish — stupid, doltish
- bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
- boorish — Boorish behaviour is rough, uneducated, and rude.
- booshit — very good; excellent
- boothia — Gulf ofinlet of the Arctic Ocean between Boothia Peninsula & Baffin Island
- boppish — in the style of bop music.
- bothnia — Gulf ofarm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland & Sweden