9-letter words containing b, e, h
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- barhopped — Simple past tense and past participle of barhop.
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- base head — a person who is addicted to cocaine
- base path — the prescribed course for a base runner on the field extending in designated areas between the bases.
- bashed in — crushed or dented from a blow
- bashments — Plural form of bashment.
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathsheba — the wife of Uriah, who committed adultery with David and later married him and became the mother of his son Solomon (II Samuel 11–12)
- bathwater — water in which a person bathes
- bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- be mother — to pour the tea
- beach bag — a large bag for carrying towels, swimsuits etc
- beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
- beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
- beach pea — either of two plants of the legume family, Lathyrus japonicus, of seashores of the North Temperate Zone, or L. littoralis, of the temperate western coast of North America, both having oblong leaves and clusters of pealike flowers.
- beachball — a large light brightly coloured ball for playing with on a beach
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
- beachhead — A beachhead is an area of land next to the sea or a river where an attacking force has taken control and can prepare to advance further inland.
- beachside — situated near a beach
- beachwear — Beachwear is the things people wear for swimming.
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- beam hole — a hole in the shield of a nuclear reactor through which a beam of radiation, esp of neutrons, is allowed to escape for experimental purposes
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- bear with — If you ask someone to bear with you, you are asking them to be patient.
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin
- bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
- bed check — an inspection conducted soon after bedtime or during the night, as in a barracks or dormitory, to determine the presence or absence of persons required by regulation to be in bed.
- bedehouse — beadhouse
- bedighted — Simple past tense and past participle of bedight.
- bedsheets — Plural form of bedsheet.
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- beechnuts — Plural form of beechnut.
- beechwood — wood from a beech tree
- beer hall — a bar, cabaret, or the like, chiefly serving beer and usually offering music, dancing, etc.
- beerhouse — an establishment licensed to serve only liquors fermented from malt, as beer, ale, or the like.
- beersheba — a town in S Israel: commercial centre of the Negev. In biblical times it marked the southern limit of Palestine. Pop: 183 000 (2003 est)