10-letter words containing r, e, h
- bad breath — halitosis.
- bakersheet — dripping pan.
- balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire
- barbershop — Barbershop is a style of singing where a small group of people, usually men, sing in close harmony and without any musical instruments accompanying them.
- barehanded — without weapons, tools, etc
- bareheaded — Someone who is bareheaded is not wearing a hat or any other covering on their head.
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- barrelfish — a blackish stromateid fish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, inhabiting New England coastal waters.
- barrelhead — the round and flat end of a barrel
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- bath water — Your bath water is the water in which you sit or lie when you have a bath.
- bathometer — an instrument for measuring the depth of water
- bathymeter — An instrument used to measure the depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
- bathymetry — measurement of the depth of an ocean or other large body of water
- bay wreath — (In Greek and Roman times) a wreath of laurel leaves, worn by a victor
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- be hard on — to treat severely; be harsh toward
- beach berm — berm (def 3).
- beach crab — any of various crabs that live on beaches, as the ghost crab.
- beach-berm — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beam reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- beech fern — a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- bellhanger — a person who mounts bells
- bellwether — If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.
- 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)
- bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
- bench work — work done at a workbench, worktable, etc., as in a factory or laboratory.
- berkshires — Also called Berks [burks; British bahrks] /bɜrks; British bɑrks/ (Show IPA). a county in S England. 485 sq. mi. (1255 sq. km).
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bichromate — dichromate
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- big hitter — A big hitter is a sportsperson such as a golfer or tennis player who hits the ball with a lot of force.
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms