9-letter words containing b, h, a
- memsahibs — Plural form of memsahib.
- misbehave — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.
- mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- nabothian — Alternative form of Nabothian.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
- north bay — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- notchback — a style of back for an automobile in which there is a sharp vertical drop-off from the roof line to the trunk.
- oathbound — Bound by an oath.
- obtaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'obtain'.
- offenbach — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1819–80, French composer.
- pachelbel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1706, German organist and composer.
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
- poachable — able to be poached
- punchball — a form of playground or street baseball in which a rubber ball is batted with the fist.
- push back — force to retreat
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- reachable — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- rhabdomal — of or relating to rhabdoms
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- 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.
- salt bath — a bath of molten salts in which steel can be immersed to soak to a uniform and accurately maintained temperature as part of the process of heat treatment. Different salts are used for different temperatures
- schoolbag — a bag used for carrying books, school supplies, etc.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- shabbatot — Jewish Sabbaths and festivals
- shabbiest — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shadberry — the fruit of a shadbush.
- shadowbox — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shaggable — sexually attractive
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- shark bay — a large inlet on the W coast of Western Australia, 800 km (500 miles) north of Perth; the coastline is over 1500 km (930 miles) long and has two large shallow embayments and numerous islands; noted for its large sea-grass beds, stromatolites, and colonies of dugong; a World Heritage site. Area: 2.2 million hectares. Pop: 900 (2014 est)
- sharpbill — a passerine bird, Oxyruncus cristatus, of New World tropical forests, having greenish plumage and a pointed bill, related to the tyrant flycatchers.
- sheboygan — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- sheddable — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.