9-letter words containing b, a, c, k, h
- hark back — to listen attentively; hearken.
- hatchback — a style of automobile in which the rear deck lid and window lift open as a unit.
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- hoop back — a chair back having the uprights and crest rail in a continuous arched form.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- huckaback — toweling of linen or cotton, of a distinctive absorbent weave.
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- hunchback — a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature. Compare kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis.
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- matchbook — a small cardboard folder into which several rows of paper matches are stapled or glued.
- notchback — a style of back for an automobile in which there is a sharp vertical drop-off from the roof line to the trunk.
- pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
- push back — force to retreat
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- shellback — an old sailor.
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- the backs — the grounds between the River Cam and certain Cambridge colleges
- thornback — a skate, Raja clavata, of European waters, having short spines on the back and tail.
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- thumbtack — a tack with a large, flat head, designed to be thrust into a board or other fairly soft object or surface by the pressure of the thumb.
- touchback — a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety (def 6a).
- whaleback — Nautical. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck. a deck or cover curving upward.