9-letter words containing s, h, i
- bitterish — (of taste) quite bitter
- blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
- 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
- blindfish — any of various small fishes, esp the cavefish, that have rudimentary or functionless eyes and occur in subterranean streams
- blinglish — a form of spoken English that blends British English with Black youth slang
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- 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.
- bombsight — a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- brainwash — If you brainwash someone, you force them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true, and preventing them from thinking about it properly.
- 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.
- brightish — fairly bright
- 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
- buckishly — in a buckish manner
- bullishly — in a bullish manner
- bullshits — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- 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.
- 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.
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- 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
- callipash — the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- canonship — the position or office of canon; canonry.
- cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
- canthitis — an inflammation of the canthus
- capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.
- cashiered — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cashierer — a person who rejects or dismisses from office
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- 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
- catfights — Plural form of catfight.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- catharise — purify