9-letter words containing l, h
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- 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.
- bolt hole — a hole in the ground, protected opening in bushes, etc., into which an animal can flee when pursued or frightened.
- bolt-hole — If you say that someone has a bolt-hole to go to, you mean that there is somewhere that they can go when they want to get away from people that they know.
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- booklight — a small light that can be clipped onto a book for reading by
- bookshelf — A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.
- boot hill — a cemetery of a frontier settlement, especially one in which gunfighters were buried.
- botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
- boughless — (of trees) having no boughs
- box lunch — A box lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- boxholder — a person who has rented or subscribed for a box, as at a theatrical performance, sporting event, or the like.
- boxwallah — an itinerant pedlar or salesman in India
- bradlaugh — Charles. 1833–91, British radical and freethinker: barred from taking his seat in parliament (1880–86) for refusing to take the parliamentary oath
- branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
- branchlet — a small branch
- breathful — full of breath; living
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- brotherly — A man's brotherly feelings are feelings of love and loyalty which you expect a brother to show.
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- brushless — (of a motor) not using physical contacts for the communicator
- buckishly — in a buckish manner
- bug light — a yellow light bulb, used mainly outdoors, that does not attract insects.
- bull huss — a variety of dogfish, Scyliobinus stellaris
- 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.
- bullwhack — to flog with a short whip
- bung-hole — a hole in a cask through which it is filled.
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- bushelful — an amount equal to the capacity of a bushel.
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- butcherly — of or resembling a butcher
- 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)
- by halves — without being thorough or exhaustive
- cacholong — a type of opal, commonly of a milky colour
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- cailleach — an old woman
- cakeholes — Plural form of cakehole.
- 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
- callaghan — (Leonard) James, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff. 1912–2005, British Labour statesman; prime minister (1976–79)
- callipash — the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- cam wheel — a wheel, with an off-center axis or irregular shape, that functions as a cam.
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- carbachol — a cholinergic agent, C6H15ClN2O2, used for various ophthalmic purposes, such as the treating of glaucoma
- cartwheel — If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.
- cash flow — The cash flow of a firm or business is the movement of money into and out of it.