12-letter words containing r, e, h
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- axel heiberg — the largest island belonging to the Sverdrup group in the Canadian Northwest Territories. 15,779 sq. mi. (40,868 sq. km).
- azathioprine — a synthetic drug that suppresses the normal immune responses of the body and is administered orally during and after organ transplantation and also in certain types of autoimmune disease. Formula: C9H7N7O2S
- b chromosome — a type of densely staining chromosome of uncertain biological function, found in many plant and animal species.
- baby brother — a younger brother
- bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
- bachelor pad — a flat in which a bachelor lives
- bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
- bachelorhood — the state of being a bachelor.
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- back stretch — the straight part of a race track opposite the part leading to the finish line.
- backbenchers — Plural form of backbencher.
- bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barber chair — a chair used by barbers, adjustable in height and having an adjustable headrest, back, and footrest.
- barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
- barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
- basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
- bated breath — to moderate or restrain: unable to bate our enthusiasm.
- bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
- bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- bay-head bar — a sand bar at the head of a bay.
- beach-comber — a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
- beach-la-mar — an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread
- beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
- bean-shooter — peashooter.
- beat the air — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beat the rap — If you beat the rap, you avoid being blamed for something wrong that you have done.
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- beche-de-mer — trepang
- bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
- beech marten — stone marten.
- beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- belgian hare — a large red breed of domestic rabbit
- bell heather — an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea
- belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
- bench-warmer — a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game.
- benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.