9-letter words containing h, e, s, i
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- bahookies — Plural form of bahookie.
- bandished — Simple past tense and past participle of bandish.
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- bashed in — crushed or dented from a blow
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- beachside — situated near a beach
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- behmenism — Boehmenism.
- behmenist — Boehmenist.
- berkshire — a historic county of S England: since reorganization in 1974 the River Thames has marked the N boundary while the Berkshire Downs occupy central parts; the county council was replaced by six unitary authorities in 1998. Area: 1259 sq km (486 sq miles)
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- 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
- bitchfest — a malicious and spiteful discussion of people, events, etc
- bitterish — (of taste) quite bitter
- blemished — You use blemished to describe something such as someone's skin or a piece of fruit when its appearance is spoiled by small marks.
- blemisher — a person or thing that blemishes
- blueshift — a shift in the spectral lines of a stellar spectrum towards the blue end of the visible region relative to the wavelengths of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum: a result of the Doppler effect caused by stars approaching the solar system
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- 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.
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- brightest — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- britisher — In American English or old-fashioned British English, British people are sometimes informally referred to as Britishers.
- britishes — of or relating to Great Britain or its inhabitants.
- brushfire — a fire in bushes and scrub
- burnished — You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- bushiness — a bushy quality or state
- buteshire — (until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, consisting of islands in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound: formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute council area
- by inches — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- cashiered — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cashierer — a person who rejects or dismisses from office
- catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
- catechise — to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
- catechism — In a Catholic, Episcopal, or Orthodox Church, the catechism is a series of questions and answers about religious beliefs, which has to be learned by people before they can become full members of that Church.
- catechist — a person who catechizes, esp. one who instructs catechumens