10-letter words containing l, h, e
- barrelhead — the round and flat end of a barrel
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- bath towel — A bath towel is a very large towel used for drying your body after you have had a bath.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- be hell on — to be very difficult or painful for
- be of help — If someone or something is of help, they make a situation easier or better.
- beach ball — A beach ball is a large, light ball filled with air, which people play with, especially on the beach.
- beach flea — sand hopper
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beaglehole — John. 1901–71, New Zealand historian and author. His works include Exploration of the Pacific (1934) and The Journals of James Cook (1955)
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- beetlehead — a person of low intelligence
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- 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
- bellhanger — a person who mounts bells
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- bellwether — If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.
- 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)
- bequeathal — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bettelheim — Bruno, 1903–90, U.S. psychologist, educator, and writer, born in Austria.
- bible oath — an oath sworn with one's hand on the Christian Bible
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- billethead — a carved ornamental scroll or volute terminating a stem or cutwater at its upper end in place of a figurehead.
- bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- 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–
- black heat — heat emitted by an electric element made from low-resistance thick wire that does not glow red
- black hole — Black holes are areas in space, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from them. Black holes are thought to be formed by collapsed stars.
- blackheart — an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
- blackheath — a residential district in SE London, mainly in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich: a large heath formerly notorious for highwaymen
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemes — 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
- blind hole — a hole whose green cannot be seen by the approaching golfer because of trees or other obstructions.
- blitheness — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blithering — talking foolishly; jabbering
- blithesome — cheery; merry
- blockhouse — (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
- blood heat — Blood heat is a temperature of 37°C, which is about the same as the normal temperature of the human body.
- blue flash — green flash.