9-letter words containing b, o, h, e
- big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- biochemic — relating to the chemistry of living organisms
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
- bishopess — a bishop's wife
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
- blockhead — a stupid person
- blockhole — a mark or marks on a cricket pitch around the area where the batsman stands, caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the ground
- bloodshed — Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
- blue john — a blue or purple fibrous variety of fluorspar occurring only in Derbyshire: used for vases, etc
- bluemouth — a deep water fish, Helicolenus dactylopterus
- bluetooth — Bluetooth is a technology that allows computers, mobile phones and other devices to communicate with each other without being connected by wires.
- boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
- boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
- bob-wheel — a metrical device found in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry, where a very short line (the 'bob') is followed by longer lines with an internal rhyme scheme (the 'wheel')
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bodenheim — Maxwell, 1892–1954, U.S. poet and novelist.
- bodycheck — obstruction of another player
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bolt hole — a hole in the ground, protected opening in bushes, etc., into which an animal can flee when pursued or frightened.
- bolt-hole — If you say that someone has a bolt-hole to go to, you mean that there is somewhere that they can go when they want to get away from people that they know.
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- bookshelf — A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.
- booze hag — a girl or woman who drinks to excess
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- borghetto — (in Italy) a settlement outside a city's walls
- botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- boughless — (of trees) having no boughs
- bountyhed — the quality of being bounteous
- bowhunter — a person who hunts with a bow
- box-fresh — unused or unspoiled; straight from the packaging
- boxholder — a person who has rented or subscribed for a box, as at a theatrical performance, sporting event, or the like.
- brewhouse — a brewery
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broadhead — a flat, triangular, steel arrowhead with sharp edges.
- brochette — a skewer or small spit, used for holding pieces of meat, etc, while roasting or grilling
- brood hen — a hen kept for breeding
- brotherly — A man's brotherly feelings are feelings of love and loyalty which you expect a brother to show.
- bryophyte — any plant of the phyla Bryophyta (mosses), Hepatophyta (liverworts), or Anthocerophyta (hornworts), having stems and leaves but lacking true vascular tissue and roots and reproducing by spores
- 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
- by choice — willingly, of one's free will
- check box — square for marking with a tick