8-letter words containing b, e, h, a
- beathing — Present participle of beath.
- bechamel — a basic white sauce made of milk, butter, flour, and, sometimes, cream
- bechance — to happen (to)
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- beerhall — a large pub specializing in beer
- behappen — to befall
- behatted — wearing a hat
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- beheadal — a beheading
- beheader — a person who beheads another
- benchman — a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.
- benghazi — a port in N Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: centre of Italian colonization (1911–42); scene of much fighting in World War II. Pop: 1 080 500 (2002 est)
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- bequeath — If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- berachah — berakhah.
- berakhah — a blessing or benediction, usually recited according to a traditional formula.
- berdache — a Native American transvestite
- berthage — a place for mooring boats
- beshadow — to darken with shadow
- bethesda — a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)
- bethpage — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- bethrall — to make a slave of
- bethwack — to strike hard with a flat object
- bien hoa — a town in S Vietnam: a former capital of Cambodia. Pop: 520 000 (2005 est)
- big head — If you describe someone as a big head, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
- billhead — a printed form for making out bills
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- bleached — made lighter in colour
- bleacher — Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
- bleakish — quite pale
- bluehead — either of two fish of the wrasse family, Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum
- boehmian — of or relating to Boehmenism.
- boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
- bohemian — Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- 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
- bonehead — a stupid or obstinate person
- boobhead — a repeat offender in a prison
- boofhead — a stupid person
- braeheid — the summit of a hill or slope
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- brancher — a young bird which has left the nest but which is not yet fully able to fly
- branches — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- bratchet — a brach or brachet hound
- breached — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breacher — a person who breaches something
- breathed — relating to or denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the vocal cords are not made to vibrate
- breather — If you take a breather, you stop what you are doing for a short time and have a rest.