8-letter words containing b, h
- bum-rush — to force one's way into; crash: to bum-rush a rap concert.
- bunch up — If people or things bunch up or bunch together, or if you bunch them up or bunch them together, they move close to each other so that they form a small tight group.
- bunchily — in a bunchy manner
- bunching — a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.
- bunfight — a tea party
- bunghole — a hole in a cask, barrel, etc, through which liquid can be poured or drained
- buraydah — a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- burleigh — Burghley
- burrfish — any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
- bush lot — a tract of timberland
- bush pig — any of a genus (Potamochoerus) of wild African pigs that live in forested regions
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bush tit — any of several North American titmice of the genus Psaltriparus, which construct long, pendent nests.
- bush-hog — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
- bushbaby — any agile nocturnal arboreal prosimian primate of the genera Galago and Euoticus, occurring in Africa south of the Sahara: family Lorisidae (lorises). They have large eyes and ears and a long tail
- bushbuck — a small nocturnal spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus scriptus, of the bush and tropical forest of Africa. Its coat is reddish-brown with a few white markings
- bushfire — an uncontrolled fire in the bush; a scrub or forest fire
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- bushland — uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation
- bushless — devoid of vegetation
- bushlike — resembling a bush
- bushline — an airline that flies over sparsely inhabited territory to serve isolated settlements.
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- bushnell — David, 1742?–1824, U.S. inventor: pioneered in submarine construction.
- bushwalk — to hike through bushland
- but that — about the fact that
- but then — You use but then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- butchest — butch haircut.
- butthead — a stupid person
- butthole — anus.
- butthurt — mental distress or irritation caused by an overreaction to a perceived personal slight, a bad outcome, etc.
- buzkashi — a game played in Afghanistan, in which opposing teams of horsemen strive for possession of the headless carcass of a goat
- by birth — If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
- by heart — If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
- by right — properly; justly
- by sight — by appearance; by recognizing but not through being acquainted
- by-catch — unwanted fish and other sea animals caught in a fishing net along with the desired kind of fish
- caboched — (of an image of the head of a beast) having an exposed face but a concealed neck
- cabochon — a smooth domed gem, polished but unfaceted
- caboshed — (of an animal, as a deer) shown facing forward without a neck: a stag's head caboshed.
- calabash — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
- cash bar — A cash bar is a bar at a party or similar event where guests can buy drinks.
- cash mob — a group of people coordinated to meet and spend money at a local, independent business at a particular time
- cashable — Able to be converted into cash.
- cashback — a discount offered in return for immediate payment
- cashbook — a book in which all receipts and payments of money are entered
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)