9-letter words containing b, e, h
- buteshire — (until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, consisting of islands in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound: formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute council area
- buthelezi — Mangosouthu Gatsha (ˌmæŋɡəʊˈsuːtuː ˈɡætʃə), known as Chief Buthelezi. born 1928, Zulu leader, chief minister of the KwaZulu territory of South Africa from 1970 until its abolition in 1994; founder of the Inkatha movement and advocate of Zulu autonomy; minister of home affairs (1994–2004)
- buxtehude — Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1637–1707, Danish composer and organist, resident in Germany from 1668, who influenced Bach and Handel
- by a head — by the length of the animal's head, as in horse racing
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- by choice — willingly, of one's free will
- by halves — without being thorough or exhaustive
- by inches — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- by the by — incidentally
- by weight — as determined by weighing
- catchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- chabazite — a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2Si4O12.6H2O
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chair bed — a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
- chalybean — of or relating to the Chalybes, an ancient tribe of central Asia noted for their skill with iron and steel
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chamberer — someone who attends to a bed chamber; chambermaid or chamberlain
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- changable — Misspelling of changeable.
- chantable — able to be chanted or sung
- chartable — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chaseable — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- chasubles — Plural form of chasuble.
- check bit — a binary digit used as part of a unit of information that is intended to indicate whether or not an error has occurred in the transmission or storage of the information.
- check box — square for marking with a tick
- checkable — capable of being checked, as by inquiry or verification: The fact is checkable from available records.
- checkback — a check or verification of a process, tabulation, etc., already completed.
- checkbook — a book containing detachable forms for writing checks on a bank
- cheekbone — Your cheekbones are the two bones in your face just below your eyes.
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- chequable — (finance, of an account) On which cheques can be drawn.
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chernobyl — a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986
- cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
- chin-bone — the anterior portion of the mandible, forming the prominence of the chin.
- chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- chokebore — a shotgun bore that becomes narrower towards the muzzle so that the shot is not scattered
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- chubbiest — Superlative form of chubby.
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- coachable — capable of being coached
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitee — A person who cohabits with another.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- cohobated — to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.