8-letter words containing a, b, h
- bukharin — Nikolai Ivanovich (nikaˈlaj iˈvanəvitʃ). 1888–1938, Soviet Bolshevik leader: executed in one of Stalin's purges
- bulkhead — A bulkhead is a wall which divides the inside of a ship or aeroplane into separate sections.
- bullhead — any of various small northern mainly marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae that have a large head covered with bony plates and spines
- buraydah — a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bushbaby — any agile nocturnal arboreal prosimian primate of the genera Galago and Euoticus, occurring in Africa south of the Sahara: family Lorisidae (lorises). They have large eyes and ears and a long tail
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- bushland — uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- bushwalk — to hike through bushland
- but that — about the fact that
- butthead — a stupid person
- buzkashi — a game played in Afghanistan, in which opposing teams of horsemen strive for possession of the headless carcass of a goat
- by heart — If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
- by-catch — unwanted fish and other sea animals caught in a fishing net along with the desired kind of fish
- caboched — (of an image of the head of a beast) having an exposed face but a concealed neck
- cabochon — a smooth domed gem, polished but unfaceted
- caboshed — (of an animal, as a deer) shown facing forward without a neck: a stag's head caboshed.
- calabash — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
- cash bar — A cash bar is a bar at a party or similar event where guests can buy drinks.
- cash mob — a group of people coordinated to meet and spend money at a local, independent business at a particular time
- cashable — Able to be converted into cash.
- cashback — a discount offered in return for immediate payment
- cashbook — a book in which all receipts and payments of money are entered
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chad box — (hardware) (IBM called this a "chip box") A metal box about the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large wastebasket), for collecting the chad that accumulated in Iron Age card punches. You had to open the covers of the card punch periodically and empty the chad box. The bit bucket was notionally the equivalent device in the CPU enclosure, which was typically across the room in another great grey-and-blue box.
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chambers — a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- chambray — a smooth light fabric of cotton, linen, etc, with white weft and a coloured warp
- chapbook — a book of popular ballads, stories, etc, formerly sold by chapmen or pedlars
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chewable — Chewable describes drugs that are best or most easily absorbed by chewing.
- chibchan — a family of Indian languages found in Colombia and elsewhere in South America
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- clubhand — congenital deformity of the hand
- clubhaul — to force (a sailing vessel) onto a new tack, esp in an emergency, by fastening a lee anchor to the lee quarter, dropping the anchor as the vessel comes about, and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward
- clubhead — the head of a golf club
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- coolabah — an Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus microtheca, that grows along rivers and has smooth bark and long narrow leaves
- coolibah — A northern Australian gum tree that typically grows near watercourses and yields strong, hard timber.
- crabbish — Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.