9-letter words containing b, e, h
- birthname — a name given at birth
- birthrate — the number of births per year per thousand of population in a given community, area, or group: sometimes other units of time or population are used
- bishopess — a bishop's wife
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- bitchfest — a malicious and spiteful discussion of people, events, etc
- bitterish — (of taste) quite bitter
- blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- blatherer — someone who blathers
- bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
- bleachery — a place where bleaching is carried out
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- blemished — You use blemished to describe something such as someone's skin or a piece of fruit when its appearance is spoiled by small marks.
- blemisher — a person or thing that blemishes
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
- blethered — weary
- bletherer — someone who blathers
- blindheim — Blenheim
- blitheful — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blockhead — a stupid person
- blockhole — a mark or marks on a cricket pitch around the area where the batsman stands, caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the ground
- bloodshed — Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
- blue chip — Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable.
- blue john — a blue or purple fibrous variety of fluorspar occurring only in Derbyshire: used for vases, etc
- blue-chip — of, relating to, or constituting a blue chip.
- bluemouth — a deep water fish, Helicolenus dactylopterus
- blueshift — a shift in the spectral lines of a stellar spectrum towards the blue end of the visible region relative to the wavelengths of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum: a result of the Doppler effect caused by stars approaching the solar system
- bluetooth — Bluetooth is a technology that allows computers, mobile phones and other devices to communicate with each other without being connected by wires.
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- blushless — without blushes, shameless
- boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
- boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
- bob-wheel — a metrical device found in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry, where a very short line (the 'bob') is followed by longer lines with an internal rhyme scheme (the 'wheel')
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bodenheim — Maxwell, 1892–1954, U.S. poet and novelist.
- bodycheck — obstruction of another player
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bolt hole — a hole in the ground, protected opening in bushes, etc., into which an animal can flee when pursued or frightened.
- bolt-hole — If you say that someone has a bolt-hole to go to, you mean that there is somewhere that they can go when they want to get away from people that they know.
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- bookshelf — A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.
- booze hag — a girl or woman who drinks to excess
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- borghetto — (in Italy) a settlement outside a city's walls
- botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.