9-letter words containing i, l, h
- blemisher — a person or thing that blemishes
- blighting — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
- blindfish — any of various small fishes, esp the cavefish, that have rudimentary or functionless eyes and occur in subterranean streams
- blindheim — Blenheim
- blinglish — a form of spoken English that blends British English with Black youth slang
- blitheful — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- blue chip — Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable.
- blue-chip — of, relating to, or constituting a blue chip.
- 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.
- booklight — a small light that can be clipped onto a book for reading by
- boot hill — a cemetery of a frontier settlement, especially one in which gunfighters were buried.
- branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- buckishly — in a buckish manner
- 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.
- bullfinch — A bullfinch is a type of small European bird. The male has a black head and a pinkish-red breast.
- bullishly — in a bullish manner
- bullshits — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- buthelezi — Mangosouthu Gatsha (ˌmæŋɡəʊˈsuːtuː ˈɡætʃə), known as Chief Buthelezi. born 1928, Zulu leader, chief minister of the KwaZulu territory of South Africa from 1970 until its abolition in 1994; founder of the Inkatha movement and advocate of Zulu autonomy; minister of home affairs (1994–2004)
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- cailleach — an old woman
- calimocho — a cocktail popular in Spanish-speaking countries, consisting of a mixture of cola and red wine
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- callipash — the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- catchline — a slogan, esp one used in a political or advertising campaign
- catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
- cattishly — In a cattish manner.
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chainfall — a hand-powered hoist consisting of chains working on the pulley principle, used to lift and manoeuvre large heavy objects
- chainless — having no chain or chains
- chainlike — Having the form of a chain.
- chainlink — Wires woven in a zig-zag pattern.
- chainmail — Alternative spelling of chain mail.
- chairlady — chairwoman.
- chairlift — a series of chairs suspended from a power-driven cable for conveying people, esp skiers, up a mountain
- chalazion — a small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland
- chaliapin — Fyodor Ivanovich (ˈfjɔdər iˈvanəvitʃ). 1873–1938, Russian operatic bass singer
- chalkpits — Plural form of chalkpit.
- chalkrail — a troughlike molding or strip holding chalk, erasers, etc., under a blackboard.
- chalutzim — halutz.
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).