10-letter words containing i, h, r
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- boatwright — a craftsman who builds wooden boats.
- 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
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
- bog orchid — an orchid, Hammarbya (or Malaxis) paludosa, growing in sphagnum bogs in the N hemisphere. It has greenish-yellow flowers and its leaves bear a fringe of tiny bulbils
- boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- brachiator — any primate which swings by its arms from one hold to the next
- brachiopod — any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore) and a shell consisting of dorsal and ventral valves
- brachyaxis — the shorter lateral axis of a monoclinic, orthorhombic, or triclinic crystal
- brahmanism — the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism, characterized by diversified pantheism, the caste system, and the sacrifices and family ceremonies of Hindu tradition
- brahminism — Brahmanism
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- 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.
- brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- 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
- brightwork — shiny metal trimmings or fittings on ships, cars, etc
- bring home — introduce to parents
- britishism — Briticism
- brno chair — an armchair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless steel composed of two interlocking parts, one forming the legs and arms and the other the seat and back frame, with the back and seat lightly upholstered and usually covered with leather.
- 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
- bronchitic — acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper
- 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.
- bursarship — a scholarship or grant awarded esp in Scottish and New Zealand schools, universities etc
- burushaski — a language of NW Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
- bush shirt — bush jacket.
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- 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
- 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)
- caipirinha — A Brazilian cocktail made with cachaca, lime or lemon juice, sugar, and crushed ice.
- caligraphy — Alternative form of calligraphy.
- calligraph — to produce by means of calligraphy: The love letter was calligraphed in a delicate hand.
- 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.