10-letter words containing r, h
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- bellhanger — a person who mounts bells
- bellwether — If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.
- belshazzar — 6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
- 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.
- berkshires — Also called Berks [burks; British bahrks] /bɜrks; British bɑrks/ (Show IPA). a county in S England. 485 sq. mi. (1255 sq. km).
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bichromate — dichromate
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- big hitter — A big hitter is a sportsperson such as a golfer or tennis player who hits the ball with a lot of force.
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- bilharzial — relating to bilharzia
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- biomorphic — having the form of a living organism
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- birch beer — a carbonated or fermented drink containing an extract from the bark of the birch tree.
- bird-watch — to identify wild birds and observe their actions and habits in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- 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 pill — a pill which prevents a woman from conceiving
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- birth rate — The birth rate in a place is the number of babies born there for every 1000 people during a particular period of time.
- birth sign — the sign of the zodiac through which the sun is passing when a person is born
- birth-date — the date of a person’s birth, usually expressed as a specific day, month, and year.
- birthnight — the night on which a person was born
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- birthrates — birthrate
- birthright — Something that is your birthright is something that you feel you have a basic right to have, simply because you are a human being.
- 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
- birthstool — a specially shaped seat formerly used in childbirth.
- bishopbird — any African weaverbird of the genus Euplectes (or Pyromelana), the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow
- blackheart — an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking