13-letter words containing r, h, n
- branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
- breathe again — to feel relief
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
- brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- bring home to — to convince of
- brinksmanship — the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.
- british asian — A British Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain.
- british india — the 17 provinces of India formerly governed by the British under the British sovereign: ceased to exist in 1947 when the independent states of India and Pakistan were created
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- bronze whaler — a shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, of southern Australian waters, having a bronze-coloured back
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- brown hickory — a North American hickory tree, Carya glabra
- buprenorphine — an opiate used medicinally as a powerful analgesic
- burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
- burt standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
- butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
- butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
- call the turn — to predict successfully
- camping chair — a chair which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
- cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
- carry the can — to take the responsibility for some misdemeanour, etc (on behalf of)
- carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
- carve a niche — If you carve a niche for yourself, you organize your work to create a secure position.
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
- casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
- casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
- catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
- chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
- chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
- chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.