10-letter words containing r, h
- autotrophy — (in certain plants and bacteria) the process of making food from inorganic substances, using photosynthesis
- auxochrome — a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye
- auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
- auxotrophy — the inability to synthesize particular growth factors, due to mutational changes
- awkwardish — slightly awkward
- azhdarchid — Any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- backhander — A backhander is an amount of money that is illegally paid to someone in a position of authority in order to encourage them to do something.
- backlasher — something or someone who produces a backlash
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- bad breath — halitosis.
- bahawalpur — an industrial city in Pakistan: cotton, soap. Pop: 563 000 (2005 est)
- bahuvrihis — Plural form of bahuvrihi.
- bakersheet — dripping pan.
- balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire
- bar harbor — resort town on Mount Desert Island, Me.: pop. 4,800
- bar kochba — Simeon. died 135 ad, Jewish leader who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Romans in Palestine
- barasingha — Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
- barbershop — Barbershop is a style of singing where a small group of people, usually men, sing in close harmony and without any musical instruments accompanying them.
- barehanded — without weapons, tools, etc
- bareheaded — Someone who is bareheaded is not wearing a hat or any other covering on their head.
- bark cloth — a papery fabric made from the fibrous inner bark of various trees, esp of the moraceous genus Ficus and the leguminous genus Brachystegia
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- barographs — Plural form of barograph.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- barophobia — The fear of gravity or objects falling.
- baroswitch — a switch actuated by barometric pressure.
- barrelfish — a blackish stromateid fish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, inhabiting New England coastal waters.
- barrelhead — the round and flat end of a barrel
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- bath water — Your bath water is the water in which you sit or lie when you have a bath.
- bathometer — an instrument for measuring the depth of water
- bathymeter — An instrument used to measure the depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
- bathymetry — measurement of the depth of an ocean or other large body of water
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- bay wreath — (In Greek and Roman times) a wreath of laurel leaves, worn by a victor
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- be hard on — to treat severely; be harsh toward
- beach berm — berm (def 3).
- beach crab — any of various crabs that live on beaches, as the ghost crab.
- beach-berm — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beam reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- beech fern — a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae