10-letter words containing l, h, e
- blue heron — any of the American varieties of heron with bluish or bluish-gray plumage, as the great blue heron.
- blue phlox — a plant, Phlox divaricata, of eastern North America, having creeping, rooting stems and mauve flowers.
- blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
- blue shift — a shift toward shorter wavelengths of the spectral lines of a celestial object, caused by the motion of the object toward the observer.
- blue whale — the largest mammal: a widely distributed bluish-grey whalebone whale, Sibbaldus (or Balaenoptera) musculus, closely related and similar to the rorquals: family Balaenopteridae
- bluehearts — a hairy, purple-flowered perennial plant (Buchnera americana) of the figwort family, found in the S U.S.
- bluethroat — a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae
- blush wine — any of certain wines similar in style to dry white wine although slightly pink in color: made like rosé from red-wine grapes, and often named by the grape's name preceded by “white,” as white zinfandel
- bobble hat — A bobble hat is a woollen hat with a bobble on it.
- bobblehead — a collectable doll with a bobbing oversized head representing a celebrity or a cartoon character
- bogey hole — a natural pool used for swimming
- bogey-hole — a swimming hole.
- böhm flute — a type of flute in which the holes are covered with keys; the standard type of modern flute
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bolshevist — a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
- bolshevize — to bring into line with Communist ideology
- bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
- bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
- bottomhole — The bottomhole is the lowest or deepest part of a well.
- bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
- breathable — A breathable fabric allows air to pass through it easily, so that clothing made from it does not become too warm or uncomfortable.
- breathless — If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
- breechless — having no breeches or trousers; bare-bottomed
- brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
- brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
- brushwheel — a toothless wheel with bristles attached to its circumference, used to turn another wheel by friction
- bubblehead — a frivolous person
- bucephalus — the favourite horse of Alexander the Great
- buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
- buff wheel — a wheel for buffing, consisting of a number of leather or canvas disks.
- bufflehead — a small North American diving duck, Bucephala (or Glaucionetta) albeola: the male has black-and-white plumage and a fluffy head
- bull wheel — any large driving gear among smaller gears.
- bullethead — a head considered similar in shape to a bullet, as that of a person with a high, domelike forehead and cranium and short hair.
- bullheaded — blindly stubborn; headstrong
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- bushelling — alteration of clothes
- bushwalker — a person who hikes through bushland
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
- by the lee — so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- cache line — (storage) (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
- calabashes — Plural form of calabash.
- calciphile — calcicole.
- calciphobe — calcifuge.
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.