9-letter words containing b, e, n, h
- branchlet — a small branch
- brandreth — a gridiron, iron trivet, or tripod
- brashness — impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man.
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breathing — the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- breeching — the strap of a harness that passes behind a horse's haunches
- brood hen — a hen kept for breeding
- buhrstone — a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
- bung-hole — a hole in a cask through which it is filled.
- bunkhouse — (in the US and Canada) a building containing the sleeping quarters of workers on a ranch
- burnished — You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- burthened — burden1 .
- bush bean — any of various low, erect, bushy forms of the common garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- bush wren — a wren, Xenicus longipes, occurring in New Zealand: family Xenicidae
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushiness — a bushy quality or state
- butchness — the state of being butch
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- by inches — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chalybean — of or relating to the Chalybes, an ancient tribe of central Asia noted for their skill with iron and steel
- changable — Misspelling of changeable.
- chantable — able to be chanted or sung
- cheekbone — Your cheekbones are the two bones in your face just below your eyes.
- 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.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- earthborn — born on or sprung from the earth; of earthly origin.
- edinburgh — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- ehrenburg — Ilya Grigorievich (iljˈja ɡriˈɡɔrjɪvitʃ). 1891–1967, Soviet novelist and journalist. His novel The Thaw (1954) was the first published in the Soviet Union to deal with repression under Stalin
- fishbones — Plural form of fishbone.
- genophobe — A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- gynophobe — a person who hates or fears women
- habaneras — Plural form of habanera.
- haberdine — a cod that has been dried and salted
- habergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- habitance — (obsolete) dwelling; abode; residence.
- hand bell — a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.
- handbells — Plural form of handbell.
- handbrake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- handlebar — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- hansberry — Lorraine, 1930–65, U.S. playwright.
- happen by — chance upon
- harbinger — a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
- headbands — Plural form of headband.
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.