9-letter words containing t, h, a
- bethankit — (used as part of a grace spoken before a meal) God be thanked!
- bethphage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- bethsabee — Bathsheba.
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- bhaktapur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- bharatiya — of or relating to India
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- biathlete — an athlete taking part in a biathlon
- bike path — A bike path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- birthdate — Your birthdate is the same as your date of birth.
- birthmark — A birthmark is a mark on someone's skin that has been there since they were born.
- birthname — a name given at birth
- birthrate — the number of births per year per thousand of population in a given community, area, or group: sometimes other units of time or population are used
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- black hat — a computer hacker who carries out illegal malicious hacking work
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- blatherer — someone who blathers
- bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- boat hook — a hook mounted at the end of a pole, used to pull or push boats toward or away from a landing, to pick up a mooring, etc.
- 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.
- bohr atom — See under Bohr theory.
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- branchlet — a small branch
- brandreth — a gridiron, iron trivet, or tripod
- brass hat — a top-ranking official, esp a military officer
- breathful — full of breath; living
- breathing — the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- broach to — to turn or swing so that the beam faces the waves and wind and there is danger of swamping or capsizing
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckwheat — Buckwheat is a type of small black grain used for feeding animals and making flour. Buckwheat also refers to the flour itself.
- 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 tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- cache hit — (storage) A request to read from memory which can satisfied from the cache without using the main memory. Opposite: cache miss.
- cachectic — general ill health with emaciation, usually occurring in association with cancer or a chronic infectious disease.
- cachectin — Biochemistry, Immunology. a protein that is released by activated macrophages as an immune system defense and, when the defense is overwhelmed, is a cause of cachexia or toxic shock: in humans, identical with tumor necrosis factor.
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- cacoethes — an uncontrollable urge or desire, esp for something harmful; mania
- 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
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- camshafts — Plural form of camshaft.
- canonchet — (Nanuntenoo) died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.
- cant hook — a heavy wooden lever with a blunt tip and a hinged hook near the end: used by lumbermen in handling logs