13-letter words containing he
- ball the jack — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
- band together — If people band together, they meet and act as a group in order to try and achieve something.
- barbary sheep — aoudad
- beached whale — large sea mammal stranded on shore
- bear the palm — to be the winner; take the prize
- bearer cheque — a cheque payable to the person who has it
- beat the band — a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters.
- beat the drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- beetle-headed — a stupid person; blockhead.
- bend the knee — to kneel or submit
- bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
- billy the kid — nickname of William H. Bonney. 1859–81, US outlaw
- biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
- biogeographer — a person who is knowledgeable about biogeography
- bite the dust — to fail completely or cease to exist
- black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
- black-hearted — evil, malicious, or wicked
- blanket chest — a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
- blanket sheet — a newspaper of larger than average size, common in the mid 19th century.
- blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
- blood brother — A man's blood brother is a man he has sworn to treat as a brother, often in a ceremony which involves mixing a small amount of their blood.
- blow the gaff — to divulge a secret
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- box stretcher — a heavy rectangular stretcher connecting successive legs of a table, chair, etc.
- brachytherapy — a form of radiotherapy in which sealed sources of radioactive material are inserted temporarily into body cavities or directly into tumours
- break the ice — to relieve shyness or reserve, esp between strangers
- breathe again — to feel relief
- breeches buoy — a ring-shaped life buoy with a support in the form of a pair of short breeches, in which a person is suspended for safe transfer from a ship
- breeches part — a male role played by an actress.
- brie (cheese) — a ripened soft, white cheese made in France, or a similar cheese made elsewhere
- broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- bûche de noël — a French Christmas cake made from a thin layer of spongecake that is rolled up and frosted so as to resemble a decorative Yule log
- buenas noches — good night
- buffing wheel — a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather, used for shining and polishing
- bulkhead deck — the uppermost continuous deck in the hull of a vessel, forming watertight compartments with the main transverse bulkheads.
- bullet-headed — with a head shaped like a bullet
- bullhead rail — a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- butcher block — designating or of a thick slab made by gluing together strips of hardwood, as maple or oak, used for counter and table tops, etc.
- butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.