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9-letter words containing b, c, h

  • push back — force to retreat
  • quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
  • reachable — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
  • reblochon — a soft French cheese
  • rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
  • red birch — river birch.
  • rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
  • roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
  • schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
  • schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
  • schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
  • schoolbag — a bag used for carrying books, school supplies, etc.
  • schoolboy — a boy attending school.
  • schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
  • shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
  • shellback — an old sailor.
  • shibuichi — a Japanese alloy of copper and silver know for its silver-grey and muted blue and green colours, usually used in ornamentation
  • shoeblack — bootblack.
  • softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
  • spicebush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
  • sub-chief — the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police.
  • subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
  • subchaser — submarine chaser.
  • subschema — a part of a computer database which is used by an individual
  • suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.
  • tchambuli — a member of an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea.
  • teachable — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
  • teachably — in a teachable manner
  • ter borch — Gerard [kh-ey-rahrt] /xˈeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1617–81, Dutch painter.
  • the backs — the grounds between the River Cam and certain Cambridge colleges
  • the bench — a judge or magistrate sitting in court in a judicial capacity
  • the birch — a bundle of birch twigs or a birch rod used, esp formerly, for flogging offenders
  • the boche — Germans collectively, esp German soldiers regarded as the enemy
  • the cabal — a group of ministers of Charles II that governed from 1667–73: consisting of Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale
  • the scrub — a remote place, esp one where contact with people can be avoided
  • 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.
  • toothcomb — a comb with fine teeth
  • torchable — able to be torched or set alight
  • touchable — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • 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).
  • trebuchet — a medieval engine of war with a sling for hurling missiles.
  • tub chair — an easy chair having a semicircular back and, with the wings or arms, forming a single upholstered piece.
  • walbrzych — a city in SW Poland, in Silesia.
  • watchable — detectable; apparent.
  • watchband — a leather, metal, fabric, or plastic bracelet or strap attached to a wrist watch to hold it on the wrist.
  • wałbrzych — an industrial city in SW Poland. Pop: 176 000 (2005 est)
  • welsh cob — any of a breed of medium-sized riding horse, developed in Wales, with a thickset body and relatively short legs
  • whaleback — Nautical. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck. a deck or cover curving upward.
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