9-letter words containing a, c, h
- 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.
- broach to — to turn or swing so that the beam faces the waves and wind and there is danger of swamping or capsizing
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- brushback — a pitch that narrowly misses the batter
- 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.
- bullwhack — to flog with a short whip
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- bushwhack — to ambush
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- 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.
- cacholong — a type of opal, commonly of a milky colour
- cacoethes — an uncontrollable urge or desire, esp for something harmful; mania
- cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- 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.
- calimocho — a cocktail popular in Spanish-speaking countries, consisting of a mixture of cola and red wine
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- callaghan — (Leonard) James, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff. 1912–2005, British Labour statesman; prime minister (1976–79)
- callipash — the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- cam wheel — a wheel, with an off-center axis or irregular shape, that functions as a cam.
- camanachd — the game of shinty
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- camshafts — Plural form of camshaft.
- canephora — Caryatid that supports a basket on her head.
- canonchet — (Nanuntenoo) died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.
- canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
- cant hook — a heavy wooden lever with a blunt tip and a hinged hook near the end: used by lumbermen in handling logs
- cantharid — any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous
- cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
- cantharus — a large two-handled pottery cup
- canthitis — an inflammation of the canthus
- cape horn — a rocky headland on an island at the extreme S tip of South America, belonging to Chile. It is notorious for gales and heavy seas; until the building of the Panama Canal it lay on the only sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific
- capocchia — a fool
- capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.