9-letter words containing c, h, a, b
- beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
- beach pea — either of two plants of the legume family, Lathyrus japonicus, of seashores of the North Temperate Zone, or L. littoralis, of the temperate western coast of North America, both having oblong leaves and clusters of pealike flowers.
- beachball — a large light brightly coloured ball for playing with on a beach
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
- beachhead — A beachhead is an area of land next to the sea or a river where an attacking force has taken control and can prepare to advance further inland.
- beachside — situated near a beach
- beachwear — Beachwear is the things people wear for swimming.
- bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- bell arch — a round arch resting on prominent corbels.
- bellyache — Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen, especially in your stomach.
- benchland — a stretch of level ground at the foot of mountains
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- black hat — a computer hacker who carries out illegal malicious hacking work
- black haw — any of several E U.S. shrubs or small trees (genus Viburnum) of the honeysuckle family, having blue-black fruits
- blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
- blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
- blackwash — to present (someone or something) in the worst possible light
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
- bleachery — a place where bleaching is carried out
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- blockhead — a stupid person
- boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- branchery — a group or system of branches
- branchiae — the gills of an aquatic animal
- branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
- branching — the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
- branchio- — gills
- branchlet — a small branch
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- broach to — to turn or swing so that the beam faces the waves and wind and there is danger of swamping or capsizing
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- brushback — a pitch that narrowly misses the batter
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckwheat — Buckwheat is a type of small black grain used for feeding animals and making flour. Buckwheat also refers to the flour itself.
- bullwhack — to flog with a short whip
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- bushwhack — to ambush
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.