10-letter words containing n, s, h, e
- band shell — an outdoor platform for concerts, having a concave, nearly hemispherical back serving as a sounding board
- banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- bench seat — a seat for more than one person
- bench show — an exhibition of small animals, esp. dogs, or cats, displayed on benches and competing for awards on the basis of how closely they conform to ideal standards for the breed
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- bench test — the critical evaluation of a new or repaired component, device, apparatus, etc, prior to installation to ensure that it is in perfect condition
- beni hasan — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 bc
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- beseeching — A beseeching expression, gesture, or tone of voice suggests that the person who has or makes it very much wants someone to do something.
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- bismuthine — an unstable hydride of bismuth, BiH 3 , analogous to arsine and stibine.
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bitchiness — characteristic of a bitch; spiteful; malicious.
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blitheness — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- 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
- boehmenism — the mystical doctrines or conceptions of Jakob Böhme.
- boehmenist — a supporter or adherent of Boehmenism.
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- bundeswehr — the armed forces of Germany.
- bush knife — a large heavy knife suitable for outdoor use
- bushelling — alteration of clothes
- bushranger — an escaped convict or robber living in the bush
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- caseharden — to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- cashew nut — edible nut
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- catchiness — The state or quality of being catchy.
- catchments — Plural form of catchment.
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.
- censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
- ch'eng tsu — Yung Lo.
- chalkiness — of or like chalk.
- chalkstone — tophus
- challenges — Plural form of challenge.
- chameleons — Plural form of chameleon.
- champagnes — Plural form of champagne.
- chanceless — the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all.
- chanceries — Plural form of chancery.