8-letter words containing b, a, h, s
- bethesda — a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)
- bimbashi — a Turkish military official
- biphasic — having two phases
- blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- bleakish — quite pale
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- bone ash — the residue obtained when bones are burned in air, consisting mainly of calcium phosphate. It is used as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of bone china
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- bradshaw — a British railway timetable, published annually from 1839 to 1961
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brainish — impulsive or impetuous
- branches — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.
- brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- brassish — like brass; brassy
- breathes — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- broadish — fairly broad
- 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
- buzkashi — a game played in Afghanistan, in which opposing teams of horsemen strive for possession of the headless carcass of a goat
- 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.
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chambers — a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- crabbish — Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
- dishabit — to dislodge
- drabbish — Somewhat drab in colour.
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishbait — Bait for fishing.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- flashmob — Alternative spelling of flash mob.
- goombahs — Plural form of goombah.
- h1b visa — a visa permitting a skilled worker with specialized expertise to reside in the U.S. for a certain number of years and work for a sponsoring employer.
- habermas — Jürgen (ˈjyrɡən). born 1929, German social theorist: his chief works are Theory and Practice (1963) and Knowledge and Human Interests (1968)