11-letter words containing h, u
- brushstroke — Brushstrokes are the marks made on a surface by a painter's brush.
- bryophyllum — a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae with the ability to produce plantlets on their leaves or floral stems
- bubble bath — Bubble bath is a liquid that smells nice and makes a lot of bubbles when you add it to your bath water.
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- buffalofish — any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus: family Catostomidae (suckers)
- bukhara rug — a kind of rug, typically having a black-and-white geometrical pattern on a reddish ground
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
- bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
- bullet hole — hole made by a bullet
- bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
- bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
- bumbershoot — an umbrella
- bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
- bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
- bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
- burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
- burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bus shelter — A bus shelter is a bus stop that has a roof and at least one open side.
- bush ballad — an old Australian bush poem in a ballad metre dealing with aspects of life and characters in the bush
- bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
- bush jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
- bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
- bush league — In baseball, a bush league is the same as a minor league.
- bush oyster — a bull's testicle when cooked and eaten
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- bush shrike — any shrike of the African subfamily Malaconotinae, such as Chlorophoneus nigrifrons (black-fronted bush shrike)
- bush tucker — any wild animal, insect, plant or plant extract, etc traditionally used as food by native Australians
- bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
- bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- bushhogging — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
- bushmanship — the skills necessary for survival in the bush; bushcraft
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
- butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
- butt-cheeks — the flesh of the buttocks
- butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
- butterworth — George. 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word