9-letter words containing b, e, s, h
- refurbish — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- republish — to publish again: to republish a bestseller in a special illustrated edition.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rubbishes — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
- sablefish — a large, blackish food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, inhabiting waters of the North Pacific.
- sagebrush — any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. tridentata, having silvery, wedge-shaped leaves, with three teeth at the tip, common on the dry plains of the western U.S.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- shabbiest — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shadberry — the fruit of a shadbush.
- shaggable — sexually attractive
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- shebeener — a person who runs or goes to a shebeen
- sheboygan — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- sheddable — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
- shellback — an old sailor.
- shellbark — the shagbark tree.
- sherborne — a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)
- shewbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
- shipborne — carried on a ship.
- shippable — being in a suitable form or condition for shipping1 .
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- shoebrush — a brush used in polishing shoes.
- shootable — suitable for being shot
- shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
- shorebird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- shrubbery — a planting of shrubs: He hit the croquet ball into the shrubbery.
- shrubless — devoid of shrubs
- smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- spicebush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- spinebash — to rest; loaf.
- stenobath — a stenobathic organism.
- sub-chief — the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police.
- sub-phase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- subchaser — submarine chaser.
- subhalide — a halide containing a relatively small proportion of the halogen, as mercurous chloride.
- subhedral — (of mineral grains comprising igneous rocks) having a partial or incomplete crystal face or form.
- sublethal — almost lethal or fatal: a sublethal dose of poison.
- subschema — a part of a computer database which is used by an individual
- tabasheer — dried bamboo sap, used medicinally in the Far East
- the backs — the grounds between the River Cam and certain Cambridge colleges
- the bells — the ringing of bells, in a church or other public building, at midnight on December 31st, symbolizing the beginning of a new year
- the blahs — a state of weariness, boredom, or general lack of interest in life