10-letter words containing r, h, n
- banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire
- barasingha — Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
- barehanded — without weapons, tools, etc
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- be hard on — to treat severely; be harsh toward
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beech fern — a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- bellhanger — a person who mounts bells
- 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.
- birkenhead — a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)
- birmingham — an industrial city in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, in the West Midlands: the second largest city in Great Britain; two cathedrals; three universities (1900, 1966, 1992). Pop: 970 892 (2001)
- birth name — the surname given a person at birth.
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- birth sign — the sign of the zodiac through which the sun is passing when a person is born
- birthnight — the night on which a person was born
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- blue heron — any of the American varieties of heron with bluish or bluish-gray plumage, as the great blue heron.
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- bon marche — a bargain.
- bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
- bone earth — bone ash.
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonhoeffer — Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1906–45, German Lutheran theologian: executed by the Nazis
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- box wrench — a wrench with a completely enclosed head, used to hold and turn nuts and bolts
- brachyuran — any decapod crustacean of the group (formerly suborder) Brachyura, which includes the crabs
- brahmanism — the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism, characterized by diversified pantheism, the caste system, and the sacrifices and family ceremonies of Hindu tradition
- brahminism — Brahmanism
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- branch cut — a method for selecting a single-valued function on a subset of the domain of a multiple-valued function of a complex variable.
- branch off — A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- branchiate — having gills.
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- breathe in — When you breathe in, you take some air into your lungs.
- brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brightener — a person or thing that brightens.
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- bring home — introduce to parents
- brno chair — an armchair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless steel composed of two interlocking parts, one forming the legs and arms and the other the seat and back frame, with the back and seat lightly upholstered and usually covered with leather.
- bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
- bronchitic — acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.