10-letter words containing l, a, s, h
- archrivals — Plural form of archrival.
- art school — tertiary level college for students of art
- as a whole — If you refer to something as a whole, you are referring to it generally and as a single unit.
- ash blonde — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- aspen hill — a city in central Maryland.
- asphaltene — any of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are insoluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
- asphaltite — any of various naturally occurring hydrocarbons that resemble asphalt but have a higher melting point
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- athleisure — the wearing of sports clothes as leisurewear
- authorless — having no author; anonymous
- avalanches — Plural form of avalanche.
- awl-shaped — shaped like an awl
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- bacchanals — Plural form of bacchanal.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- backcloths — Plural form of backcloth.
- backlashed — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlasher — something or someone who produces a backlash
- backlashes — Plural form of backlash.
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- backsplash — any tiled area by, for example, a sink, cooker or bath to prevent damage to a wall by food or water splashes
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- balashikha — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe: a NE suburb of Moscow.
- baldachins — Plural form of baldachin.
- balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- band shell — an outdoor platform for concerts, having a concave, nearly hemispherical back serving as a sounding board
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- barrelfish — a blackish stromateid fish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, inhabiting New England coastal waters.
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- bath salts — You dissolve bath salts in bath water to make the water smell pleasant and as a water softener.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belshazzar — 6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
- black sash — (formerly, in South Africa) an organization of women opposed to apartheid
- black shag — a large dark-coloured shag, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandis, of Australasian waters
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemes — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).