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9-letter words containing c, h

  • backslash — a slash which slopes to the left \
  • bad check — A bad check is a check that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the check.
  • bakuchiol — A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity.
  • baldachin — a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
  • bar chart — A bar chart is a graph which uses parallel rectangular shapes to represent changes in the size, value, or rate of something or to compare the amount of something relating to a number of different countries or groups.
  • bar chord — a musical chord that is played on a stringed instrument using the barré technique.
  • bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
  • barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
  • barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
  • barocchio — Giacomo (ˈdʒakomo)
  • barouches — Plural form of barouche.
  • batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
  • batchmate — (India) classmate.
  • bath chap — the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold
  • batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
  • beach bag — a large bag for carrying towels, swimsuits etc
  • beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
  • 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.
  • bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin
  • bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
  • bed check — an inspection conducted soon after bedtime or during the night, as in a barracks or dormitory, to determine the presence or absence of persons required by regulation to be in bed.
  • beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
  • beechnuts — Plural form of beechnut.
  • beechwood — wood from a beech tree
  • bell arch — a round arch resting on prominent corbels.
  • bellyache — Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen, especially in your stomach.
  • bench dog — a dog on exhibit at a dog show before and after competition in the show ring.
  • benchland — a stretch of level ground at the foot of mountains
  • benchless — without a bench or benches
  • 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.
  • benchrest — a tablelike support for a target rifle used in target practice.
  • bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
  • berdichev — a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
  • beseeched — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
  • bewitched — to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over.
  • bewitcher — a person who enchants or bewitches
  • 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
  • birdwatch — to watch birds
  • bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
  • bismuthic — of or containing bismuth in the pentavalent state
  • 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.
  • bitchfest — a malicious and spiteful discussion of people, events, etc
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