9-letter words containing b, e, h
- the bight — the major indentation of the S coast of Australia, from Cape Pasley in W Australia to the Eyre Peninsula in S Australia
- the birch — a bundle of birch twigs or a birch rod used, esp formerly, for flogging offenders
- the blahs — a state of weariness, boredom, or general lack of interest in life
- the blind — people who are blind
- the blitz — the systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe
- the blood — royal or noble descent
- the blues — the Royal Horse Guards
- the boche — Germans collectively, esp German soldiers regarded as the enemy
- the bronx — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- the buffs — (formerly) the Third Regiment of Foot, esp the Royal East Kent Regiment
- the butts — the target range in archery
- the cabal — a group of ministers of Charles II that governed from 1667–73: consisting of Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale
- the derby — an annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics
- the gabba — the Queensland Cricket Association ground at Woolloongabba, Brisbane
- the globe — the world; the earth
- the scrub — a remote place, esp one where contact with people can be avoided
- the-bends — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- the-birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- theme pub — A theme pub is a pub that has been decorated and furnished in a style that is often based on a particular country or type of activity.
- thenabout — around then or around that time
- thighbone — femur (def 1).
- thinkable — capable of being thought; conceivable.
- tholobate — the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.
- throbless — pertaining to something that does not throb or pulsate or that lacks emotion
- thrombose — to become or affect with a thrombus
- thumbhole — a hole into which a thumb can be inserted, as to provide a grip.
- to be had — If you have been had, someone has tricked you, for example by selling you something at too high a price.
- 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.
- trebuchet — a medieval engine of war with a sling for hurling missiles.
- tubuphone — an instrument resembling a glockenspiel but with metal tubes instead of bars.
- un-humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- unabashed — not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one's position.
- unbrushed — (of hair, clothing, etc) not brushed
- unhirable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- unhumbled — not humbled
- washables — Plural form of washable.
- watchable — detectable; apparent.
- webphones — Plural form of webphone.
- weighable — Heavy enough to be weighed.
- 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.
- whaleboat — a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.
- whalebone — an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen.
- wheatbird — A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
- wheel bug — an assassin bug, Arilus cristatus, that has a toothed, semicircular crest on the pronotum and preys on other insects.
- wheelbase — the distance from the center of the front-wheel spindle to the center of the rear-wheel axle.
- whimberry — The bilberry.
- whirlbone — Alternative form of whirl-bone.
- whitbread — Fatima. born 1961, British javelin thrower: won gold at the World Championships (1987)