9-letter words containing h, g
- bodh gaya — a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.
- boghazkoy — a village in N central Turkey: site of the ancient Hittite city of Hattusas.
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- bombsight — a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- boohooing — to weep noisily; blubber.
- booklight — a small light that can be clipped onto a book for reading by
- 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
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- boughless — (of trees) having no boughs
- bradlaugh — Charles. 1833–91, British radical and freethinker: barred from taking his seat in parliament (1880–86) for refusing to take the parliamentary oath
- 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
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breathing — the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- breeching — the strap of a harness that passes behind a horse's haunches
- 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.
- brightish — fairly bright
- brunching — a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch.
- bug light — a yellow light bulb, used mainly outdoors, that does not attract insects.
- bullfight — A bullfight is a public entertainment in which people fight and kill bulls. Bullfights take place in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
- bung-hole — a hole in a cask through which it is filled.
- bunny hug — a ballroom dance with syncopated rhythm, popular in America in the early 20th century
- burroughs — Edgar Rice. 1875–1950, US novelist, author of the Tarzan stories
- by rights — If something is not the case but you think that it should be, you can say that by rights it should be the case.
- by weight — as determined by weighing
- cacholong — a type of opal, commonly of a milky colour
- callaghan — (Leonard) James, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff. 1912–2005, British Labour statesman; prime minister (1976–79)
- caragheen — Alternative form of carrageen.
- cat fight — a dispute carried out with intense hostility and bitterness.
- catch dog — a dog used to help round up livestock.
- catfights — Plural form of catfight.
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cerograph — an engraving or writing on wax
- ch'inghai — a province in W central China. 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). Capital: Xining.
- chaffings — Plural form of chaffing.
- chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chalcogen — any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table
- challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- champagne — Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is often drunk to celebrate something.
- champaign — an expanse of open level or gently undulating country
- changable — Misspelling of changeable.
- changchou — Changzhou
- changchow — a city in S Fujian province, in SE China.
- changchun — a city in NE China, capital of Jilin province: as Hsinking, capital of the Japanese state of Manchukuo (1932–45). Pop: 3 092 000 (2005 est)
- change up — When you change up, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a higher gear.
- change-up — a temporary shift or variation in a normal routine or regular pattern of activity: Reading a mystery novel has been a real change of pace for me.
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- changelog — (computing) A log that records changes between versions, as in source control.