9-letter words containing a, c, e, h
- beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
- beach pea — either of two plants of the legume family, Lathyrus japonicus, of seashores of the North Temperate Zone, or L. littoralis, of the temperate western coast of North America, both having oblong leaves and clusters of pealike flowers.
- beachball — a large light brightly coloured ball for playing with on a beach
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
- beachhead — A beachhead is an area of land next to the sea or a river where an attacking force has taken control and can prepare to advance further inland.
- beachside — situated near a beach
- beachwear — Beachwear is the things people wear for swimming.
- bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- bell arch — a round arch resting on prominent corbels.
- bellyache — Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen, especially in your stomach.
- benchland — a stretch of level ground at the foot of mountains
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
- bleachery — a place where bleaching is carried out
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- blockhead — a stupid person
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- branchery — a group or system of branches
- branchiae — the gills of an aquatic animal
- branchlet — a small branch
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckwheat — Buckwheat is a type of small black grain used for feeding animals and making flour. Buckwheat also refers to the flour itself.
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- cachaemia — a poisoned condition of the blood
- cachaemic — of or relating to cachaemia
- cache hit — (storage) A request to read from memory which can satisfied from the cache without using the main memory. Opposite: cache miss.
- cachectic — general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
- cachectin — Biochemistry, Immunology. a protein that is released by activated macrophages as an immune system defense and, when the defense is overwhelmed, is a cause of cachexia or toxic shock: in humans, identical with tumor necrosis factor.
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- cacoethes — an uncontrollable urge or desire, esp for something harmful; mania
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cailleach — an old woman
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- cake shop — a shop that sells cakes
- cakeholes — Plural form of cakehole.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- cam wheel — a wheel, with an off-center axis or irregular shape, that functions as a cam.
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- canephora — Caryatid that supports a basket on her head.
- canonchet — (Nanuntenoo) died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.