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11-letter words containing t, h, e

  • bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
  • bottlebrush — a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
  • bottom heat — heat artificially applied to a container in which plants are grown in order to induce their germination, rooting, or growth.
  • bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  • brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
  • brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
  • breadthless — the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.
  • breadthways — from side to side
  • breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
  • breath test — A breath test is a test carried out by police in which a driver blows into a piece of equipment to show how much alcohol he or she has drunk.
  • breathalyse — to apply a Breathalyser test to (someone)
  • breathalyze — If the driver of a car is breathalyzed by the police, they ask him or her to breathe into a special bag or device in order to test whether he or she has drunk too much alcohol.
  • breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
  • breathe out — When you breathe out, you send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth.
  • breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
  • breechcloth — a cloth worn about the loins; loincloth
  • breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
  • bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
  • bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
  • bright idea — suggestion: clever
  • bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
  • bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
  • brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
  • brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
  • brotherhood — Brotherhood is the affection and loyalty that you feel for people who you have something in common with.
  • brotherlike — like a brother
  • brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
  • brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
  • brushstroke — Brushstrokes are the marks made on a surface by a painter's brush.
  • bubble bath — Bubble bath is a liquid that smells nice and makes a lot of bubbles when you add it to your bath water.
  • bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
  • bullet hole — hole made by a bullet
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
  • bumbershoot — an umbrella
  • burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • bus shelter — A bus shelter is a bus stop that has a roof and at least one open side.
  • bush jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
  • bush oyster — a bull's testicle when cooked and eaten
  • bush tucker — any wild animal, insect, plant or plant extract, etc traditionally used as food by native Australians
  • butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
  • butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
  • butt-cheeks — the flesh of the buttocks
  • butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
  • butterworth — George. 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems
  • button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
  • buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
  • by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
  • by the head — with the bow deeper in the water than the stern
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