10-letter words containing l, h
- 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.
- back light — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- back-cloth — backdrop (def 1).
- 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
- baha'ullah — title of Mirza Hosein Ali. 1817–92, Persian religious leader: originally a Shiite Muslim, later a disciple of the Bab; founder of the Baha'í Faith
- bahawalpur — an industrial city in Pakistan: cotton, soap. Pop: 563 000 (2005 est)
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- balashikha — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe: a NE suburb of Moscow.
- baldacchin — A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
- 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.
- baldheaded — having a bald head
- ballyhooed — a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- 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)
- bark cloth — a papery fabric made from the fibrous inner bark of various trees, esp of the moraceous genus Ficus and the leguminous genus Brachystegia
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- barrelfish — a blackish stromateid fish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, inhabiting New England coastal waters.
- barrelhead — the round and flat end of a barrel
- 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.
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- bath salts — You dissolve bath salts in bath water to make the water smell pleasant and as a water softener.
- bath towel — A bath towel is a very large towel used for drying your body after you have had a bath.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- be hell on — to be very difficult or painful for
- be of help — If someone or something is of help, they make a situation easier or better.
- beach ball — A beach ball is a large, light ball filled with air, which people play with, especially on the beach.
- beach flea — sand hopper
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beaglehole — John. 1901–71, New Zealand historian and author. His works include Exploration of the Pacific (1934) and The Journals of James Cook (1955)
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- beetlehead — a person of low intelligence
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- bell sheep — a sheep that a shearer is just starting to shear (and which he is allowed to finish) as the bell rings for the end of a work period