9-letter words containing y, a, h
- ashkenazy — Vladimir. born 1937, Soviet-born Icelandic pianist and conductor
- asphyxial — the extreme condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygen in the air; suffocation.
- atheology — a resistance or aversion to theology
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- autophagy — the consumption of one's own tissue by biting oneself
- autophoby — the reluctance to refer to oneself or be egotistical
- autophony — a diagnosis made by listening to vibration of one's own voice on the patient's chest
- autophyte — an autotrophic plant, such as any green plant
- away with — a command for a person to go or be removed
- ayahuasca — a Brazilian plant, Banisteriopsis caapi, that has winged fruits and yields a powerful hallucinogenic alkaloid sometimes used to treat certain disorders of the central nervous system: family Malpighiaceae
- ayatollah — An ayatollah is a type of Muslim religious leader.
- ayub khan — Mohammed. 1907–74, Pakistani field marshal; president of Pakistan (1958–69)
- ayutthaya — a city in S Thailand, on the Chao Phraya River: capital of the country until 1767; noted for its canals and ruins. Pop (province): 727 300 (2000)
- baby bath — a plastic bath used for bathing a baby
- babyhouse — A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
- babyishly — in a baby-like fashion; childishly
- ballyhoos — Plural form of ballyhoo.
- bashfully — In a bashful manner.
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- bellyache — Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen, especially in your stomach.
- bharatiya — of or relating to India
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- bleachery — a place where bleaching is carried out
- bodh gaya — a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.
- body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
- boghazkoy — a village in N central Turkey: site of the ancient Hittite city of Hattusas.
- branchery — a group or system of branches
- bush baby — any of a family (Galagidae) of nocturnal prosimian primates of tropical African forests, with a long, bushy tail and large eyes
- by a hair — by a very slight margin, only just
- by a head — by the length of the animal's head, as in horse racing
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- 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)
- cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- cataphyll — a simplified form of plant leaf, such as a scale leaf or cotyledon
- cattishly — In a cattish manner.
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- ch'u yuan — 343–289 b.c, Chinese poet: author of the Li-sao.
- chairdays — old age, or the point in life when resting in a chair is the most comfortable way of passing time
- chairlady — chairwoman.
- chalybean — of or relating to the Chalybes, an ancient tribe of central Asia noted for their skill with iron and steel
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.