11-letter words containing r, h, e, a
- bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- broad reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
- brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- brown hyena — a hyena, Hyaena brunnea, of southern Africa, having a blackish-gray coat: its dwindling population is now protected.
- brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
- brush maker — a manufacturer or crafter of brushes
- bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
- bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
- buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
- caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
- cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
- camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- camphorweed — vinegarweed.
- can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- card hopper — a device that allows cards of varying thicknesses to be fed individually through an outlet opening in a printer without adjustment
- cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
- cardsharper — (rare) alternative spelling of cardsharp.
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
- carpophores — Plural form of carpophore.
- cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
- cartwheeler — a person who performs cartwheels
- case-harden — to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
- casehardens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden.
- cash letter — a deposit list from one bank to another containing items to be credited to the account of the depositing bank.
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
- catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
- cathedratic — relating to the seat of the bishop
- catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
- catheterize — to insert a catheter into
- cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
- cavalierish — like a cavalier
- cedar chest — a chest made of cedar, in which woolens, furs, etc. are stored for protection against moths
- cellar sash — a window sash of relatively small size, having two or three panes horizontally arranged.