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9-letter words containing b, e, t, h

  • ter borch — Gerard [kh-ey-rahrt] /xˈeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1617–81, Dutch painter.
  • terebinth — a Mediterranean tree, Pistacia terebinthus, of the cashew family, yielding Chian turpentine.
  • the above — something that is above or previously mentioned
  • 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 bench — a judge or magistrate sitting in court in a judicial capacity
  • the bible — the sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments and, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Apocrypha
  • the bight — the major indentation of the S coast of Australia, from Cape Pasley in W Australia to the Eyre Peninsula in S Australia
  • the birch — a bundle of birch twigs or a birch rod used, esp formerly, for flogging offenders
  • the blahs — a state of weariness, boredom, or general lack of interest in life
  • the blind — people who are blind
  • the blitz — the systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe
  • the blood — royal or noble descent
  • the blues — the Royal Horse Guards
  • the boche — Germans collectively, esp German soldiers regarded as the enemy
  • the bronx — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
  • the buffs — (formerly) the Third Regiment of Foot, esp the Royal East Kent Regiment
  • the butts — the target range in archery
  • the cabal — a group of ministers of Charles II that governed from 1667–73: consisting of Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale
  • the derby — an annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics
  • the gabba — the Queensland Cricket Association ground at Woolloongabba, Brisbane
  • the globe — the world; the earth
  • the scrub — a remote place, esp one where contact with people can be avoided
  • the-bends — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • the-birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
  • theme pub — A theme pub is a pub that has been decorated and furnished in a style that is often based on a particular country or type of activity.
  • thenabout — around then or around that time
  • thighbone — femur (def 1).
  • thinkable — capable of being thought; conceivable.
  • tholobate — the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.
  • throbless — pertaining to something that does not throb or pulsate or that lacks emotion
  • thrombose — to become or affect with a thrombus
  • thumbhole — a hole into which a thumb can be inserted, as to provide a grip.
  • to be had — If you have been had, someone has tricked you, for example by selling you something at too high a price.
  • torchable — able to be torched or set alight
  • touchable — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • trebuchet — a medieval engine of war with a sling for hurling missiles.
  • tubuphone — an instrument resembling a glockenspiel but with metal tubes instead of bars.
  • watchable — detectable; apparent.
  • whaleboat — a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.
  • wheatbird — A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
  • whitbread — Fatima. born 1961, British javelin thrower: won gold at the World Championships (1987)
  • whitebait — a young sprat or herring.
  • whitebark — The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.
  • whitebass — a freshwater fish, Morone chrysops, of the bass family Moronidae, native to North American lakes and rivers
  • whitebeam — a European tree, Sorbus aria, of the rose family, having leathery leaves, showy, white flowers, and mealy, orange-red or scarlet fruit.
  • whiteboys — a secret agrarian peasant organization, active in Ireland during the early 1760s, whose members wore white shirts for recognition on their night raids to destroy crops, barns, and other property in redressing grievances against landlords and protesting the paying of tithes.
  • whitecomb — a fungal disease infecting the combs of certain fowls
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