9-letter words containing s, h, a, b
- brushmark — the indented lines sometimes left by the bristles of a brush on a painted surface
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- bush baby — any of a family (Galagidae) of nocturnal prosimian primates of tropical African forests, with a long, bushy tail and large eyes
- bush bean — any of various low, erect, bushy forms of the common garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- bush road — a rough road cut through forested land usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bush-bash — to clear scrubland
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushwhack — to ambush
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- by halves — without being thorough or exhaustive
- byam shaw — Glen Alexander. 1904–81, British actor and theatre director; director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (1953–59)
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- cash-book — a journal in which all cash or cheque receipts and disbursements are recorded
- cashbooks — Plural form of cashbook.
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- chapbooks — Plural form of chapbook.
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chaseable — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- chasubles — Plural form of chasuble.
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.
- coolibahs — Plural form of coolibah.
- cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
- crush bar — a bar at a theatre for serving drinks during the intervals of a play
- crushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
- dabchicks — Plural form of dabchick.
- dahabeahs — Plural form of dahabeah.
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- deathbeds — Plural form of deathbed.
- debauches — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- dust bath — the action of a bird of driving dust into its feathers, which may dislodge parasites
- dyushambe — a former name of Dushanbe.
- elisabeth — a feminine name
- escabeche — A Spanish dish consisting of fried fish that is marinated and served cold.
- establish — Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
- fahlbands — Plural form of fahlband.
- fish ball — a fried ball (or patty) of minced fish, often mixed with mashed potatoes
- fish bass — a bast fibre bag for holding an angler's catch
- fishyback — a cargo supply chain involving container transfer from lorry to ship
- flash mob — a group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration: The flash mob brought wide smiles to the faces of commuters waiting for their train.
- flashback — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- flashbang — Alternative form of flash-bang.