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13-letter words containing r, h, e, a

  • barbary sheep — aoudad
  • barber's itch — any of various fungal infections of the bearded portion of the neck and face
  • barbershopper — a member of a barbershop singing group.
  • barrel-shaped — having the shape of a barrel
  • barrier beach — a sand ridge that rises slightly above the surface of the sea and runs roughly parallel to the shore, from which it is separated by a lagoon.
  • barristership — the office of a barrister
  • bartholomew i — (Dimitrios Archontonis) born 1940, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1991.
  • batch-process — to perform batch processing on (files)
  • bathtub curve — Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also burn-in period, infant mortality.
  • be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
  • beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
  • bear the palm — to be the winner; take the prize
  • bear's-breech — a widely cultivated S European acanthus plant, Acanthus mollis, having whitish purple-veined flowers
  • bearer cheque — a cheque payable to the person who has it
  • beat the drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
  • behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
  • behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
  • bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
  • bench warrant — a warrant issued by a judge or court directing that an offender be apprehended
  • benton harbor — a city in SW Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
  • berbice chair — large armchair with long arms that can be folded inwards to act as leg rests
  • berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
  • bethnal green — a former borough of London, England, N of the Thames.
  • bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
  • bibliothecary — a librarian
  • bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
  • big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
  • binary search — (algorithm)   A search algorithm which repeatedly divides an ordered search space in half according to how the required (key) value compares with the middle element. The following pseudo-C routine performs a binary search return the index of the element of vector "thing[first..last]" equal to "target": if (target < thing[first] || target > thing[last]) return NOT_FOUND; while (first < last) { mid = (first+last)/2; /* truncate to integer */ if (target == thing[mid]) return mid; if (target < thing[mid]) last = mid-1; else first = mid+1; } if (target == thing[last]) return last; return NOT_FOUND; (2003-01-14)
  • biobehavioral — of or relating to the application of biological methods and ideas to the study of behavior in an attempt to understand emotions and reactions in terms of brain and physiological function.
  • biogeographer — a person who is knowledgeable about biogeography
  • birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
  • birthday cake — a special cake eaten at a birthday party
  • black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
  • black-hearted — evil, malicious, or wicked
  • blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
  • blepharospasm — spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia
  • boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • bohr magneton — a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss.
  • bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
  • brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
  • brachytherapy — a form of radiotherapy in which sealed sources of radioactive material are inserted temporarily into body cavities or directly into tumours
  • brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
  • branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
  • branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
  • break the ice — to relieve shyness or reserve, esp between strangers
  • break through — If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
  • breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
  • breathability — fitness to be breathed
  • breathe again — to feel relief
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