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11-letter words containing l, h, e

  • black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
  • black whale — a black, dolphinlike whale, Globicephala melaena, of the North Atlantic.
  • blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
  • blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
  • blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
  • blank shell — a shotgun shell containing powder but no shot.
  • blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • blasphemies — impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
  • blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
  • blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
  • bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
  • bleak house — a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.
  • bleed white — to deprive slowly of resources
  • blemishment — a flaw or blemish
  • blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
  • bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
  • bleu cheese — blue cheese
  • block house — Stock Exchange. a firm that specializes in block trades.
  • blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
  • blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
  • blue cheese — cheese containing a blue mould, esp Stilton, Roquefort, or Danish blue
  • blue cohosh — either of two unrelated plants of the eastern U.S., Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) of the buttercup family, or Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) of the barberry family, both used medicinally.
  • blue heeler — a cattle dog that controls cattle by biting their heels
  • blue helmet — a member of a United Nations military force, usually deployed on peacekeeping missions, and recognizable by a helmet or beret of a distinctive light blue colour
  • blue schist — a metamorphic rock formed under conditions of high pressure and relatively low temperature
  • blue shield — Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
  • blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
  • blushlessly — in a manner without blushing, shamelessly
  • blytheville — a city in NE Arkansas.
  • body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
  • boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
  • 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
  • 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
  • brake wheel — (in a windmill) a bevel gearwheel rotating with the wind shaft.
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • breadthless — the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.
  • 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.
  • breechblock — a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert the cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
  • 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 hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
  • bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
  • 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.
  • broken hill — a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)
  • bronchocele — dilatation of a bronchus.
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