10-letter words containing s, h
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beachheads — Plural form of beachhead.
- beachscape — a section or expanse of beach and shore scenery.
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- bell sheep — a sheep that a shearer is just starting to shear (and which he is allowed to finish) as the bell rings for the end of a work period
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- 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 seat — a seat for more than one person
- bench show — an exhibition of small animals, esp. dogs, or cats, displayed on benches and competing for awards on the basis of how closely they conform to ideal standards for the breed
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- bench test — the critical evaluation of a new or repaired component, device, apparatus, etc, prior to installation to ensure that it is in perfect condition
- beni hasan — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 bc
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- berkshires — Also called Berks [burks; British bahrks] /bɜrks; British bɑrks/ (Show IPA). a county in S England. 485 sq. mi. (1255 sq. km).
- beseeching — A beseeching expression, gesture, or tone of voice suggests that the person who has or makes it very much wants someone to do something.
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- beta sheet — a secondary structure occurring in many proteins, consisting of several polypeptide chains running in parallel or alternating directions and joined by intermolecular hydrogen bonds, creating a flexible, strong arrangement.
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- big cheese — Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese.
- biochemist — A biochemist is a scientist or student who studies biochemistry.
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
- biopsychic — of, relating to, or comprising psychological and biological phenomena.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- birth sign — the sign of the zodiac through which the sun is passing when a person is born
- birthrates — birthrate
- 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
- bismuthine — an unstable hydride of bismuth, BiH 3 , analogous to arsine and stibine.
- bismuthous — of or containing bismuth in the trivalent state
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bisulphide — a disulfide.
- bisulphite — a salt or ester of sulphurous acid containing the monovalent group -HSO3 or the ion HSO3–
- bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
- bitchiness — characteristic of a bitch; spiteful; malicious.
- bitou bush — type of sprawling woody shrub
- black sash — (formerly, in South Africa) an organization of women opposed to apartheid
- black shag — a large dark-coloured shag, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandis, of Australasian waters
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.