8-letter words containing r, h, i
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- bothrium — one of two groove-shaped suckers on the scolex of a tapeworm
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- braeheid — the summit of a hill or slope
- brahmani — a woman of the Brahman caste
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brainish — impulsive or impetuous
- branchia — a gill in aquatic animals
- brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- brassish — like brass; brassy
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- brighton — a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)
- briskish — fairly brisk
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- broadish — fairly broad
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- brownish — Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
- brunhild — (in the Nibelungenlied) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
- brushier — covered or overgrown with brush or brushwood.
- brynhild — a Valkyrie won as the wife of Gunnar by Sigurd who wakes her from an enchanted sleep: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied
- bukharin — Nikolai Ivanovich (nikaˈlaj iˈvanəvitʃ). 1888–1938, Soviet Bolshevik leader: executed in one of Stalin's purges
- burleigh — Burghley
- burrfish — any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
- bushfire — an uncontrolled fire in the bush; a scrub or forest fire
- by birth — If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
- by right — properly; justly
- cadherin — (protein) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
- camphire — henna
- car hire — the act of renting a car
- carritch — catechism
- cashiers — Plural form of cashier.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chadarim — plural of cheder.
- chaffier — consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- chairing — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chairman — The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it.
- chairmen — the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chancier — Comparative form of chancy.
- chaordic — (of a system, organization, or natural process) governed by or combining elements of both chaos and order
- chapiter — the capital of a column
- char siu — barbecued marinated pork
- characid — (zoology) Any member of the Characidae.