9-letter words containing s, h, o
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- bedehouse — beadhouse
- beerhouse — an establishment licensed to serve only liquors fermented from malt, as beer, ale, or the like.
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- bird shot — small-sized shot used for shooting birds.
- birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
- bishopdom — the jurisdiction of a bishop
- bishopess — a bishop's wife
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- bloodshed — Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
- bloodshot — If your eyes are bloodshot, the parts that are usually white are red or pink. Your eyes can be bloodshot for a variety of reasons, for example because you are tired or you have drunk too much alcohol.
- boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
- boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- body shop — a place where the bodywork of motor vehicles is built or repaired
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- 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.
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- bombsight — a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- bonhomous — exhibiting bonhomie
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
- bookshelf — A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.
- boom shot — a shot taken by a camera on a boom.
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
- boughless — (of trees) having no boughs
- bow shock — the shock front along which the solar wind encounters a planet's magnetic field.
- box-fresh — unused or unspoiled; straight from the packaging
- boyshorts — women's underpants which resemble close-fitting shorts, sitting below the waist and stretching to the tops of the legs
- brewhouse — a brewery
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- brush off — If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you.
- brush-off — a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
- brushwood — Brushwood consists of small pieces of wood that have broken off trees and bushes.
- brushwork — An artist's brushwork is their way of using their brush to put paint on a canvas and the effect that this has in the picture.
- buhrstone — a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
- bunkhouse — (in the US and Canada) a building containing the sleeping quarters of workers on a ranch
- burroughs — Edgar Rice. 1875–1950, US novelist, author of the Tarzan stories
- 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 hook — Dialect. a tool with a curved blade and long handle used to cut bushes and undergrowth.
- bush road — a rough road cut through forested land usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush