9-letter words containing a, h, o
- behaviour — People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
- ben hogan — Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- biohazard — material of biological origin that is hazardous to humans
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- biophilia — an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
- blockhead — a stupid person
- bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
- blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
- boarhound — a hound used to chase boar
- boat hook — a hook mounted at the end of a pole, used to pull or push boats toward or away from a landing, to pick up a mooring, etc.
- boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
- boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
- bodh gaya — a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.
- body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
- boghazkoy — a village in N central Turkey: site of the ancient Hittite city of Hattusas.
- bohr atom — See under Bohr theory.
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- bomb hoax — a hoax consisting of telling the authorities that a bomb has been planted in a public place when in fact it hasn't
- booze hag — a girl or woman who drinks to excess
- boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
- boxwallah — an itinerant pedlar or salesman in India
- branchio- — gills
- 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.
- broadhead — a flat, triangular, steel arrowhead with sharp edges.
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- 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.
- bush road — a rough road cut through forested land usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- car phone — A car phone is a mobile phone, especially one which is designed to be used in a car.
- carbachol — a cholinergic agent, C6H15ClN2O2, used for various ophthalmic purposes, such as the treating of glaucoma
- cardphone — a public telephone operated by the insertion of a phonecard instead of coins
- care home — A care home is a large house or institution where people with particular problems or special needs are looked after.