9-letter words containing ho
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- bahookies — Plural form of bahookie.
- bakehouse — a building or room to bake in; bakery.
- bakeshops — Plural form of bakeshop.
- ballyhoos — Plural form of ballyhoo.
- bank shot — Basketball. a shot into the basket, made by rebounding the ball off the backboard.
- bar chord — a musical chord that is played on a stringed instrument using the barré technique.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barhopped — Simple past tense and past participle of barhop.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batholith — a very large irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock, esp granite, formed from an intrusion of magma at great depth, esp one exposed after erosion of less resistant overlying rocks
- bathonian — of or relating to Bath
- bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- beam hole — a hole in the shield of a nuclear reactor through which a beam of radiation, esp of neutrons, is allowed to escape for experimental purposes
- 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.
- beethoven — Ludwig van (ˈluːtvɪç fan). 1770–1827, German composer, who greatly extended the form and scope of symphonic and chamber music, bridging the classical and romantic traditions. His works include nine symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, five piano concertos, a violin concerto, two masses, the opera Fidelio (1805), and choral music
- beholding — to observe; look at; see.
- behoveful — useful; of benefit
- ben hogan — Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.
- bethought — simple past tense and past participle of bethink.
- bi-hourly — occurring every two hours.
- big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- 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.
- blockhole — a mark or marks on a cricket pitch around the area where the batsman stands, caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the ground
- 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.
- boarhound — a hound used to chase boar
- 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.
- body shop — a place where the bodywork of motor vehicles is built or repaired
- bolt hole — a hole in the ground, protected opening in bushes, etc., into which an animal can flee when pursued or frightened.
- bolt-hole — If you say that someone has a bolt-hole to go to, you mean that there is somewhere that they can go when they want to get away from people that they know.
- bomb hoax — a hoax consisting of telling the authorities that a bomb has been planted in a public place when in fact it hasn't
- bonhomous — exhibiting bonhomie
- boohooing — to weep noisily; blubber.
- boom shot — a shot taken by a camera on a boom.
- boot hook — one of a pair of L -shaped metal hooks fixed to a handle, for drawing on a boot by inserting it through a bootstrap.
- bow shock — the shock front along which the solar wind encounters a planet's magnetic field.
- boxholder — a person who has rented or subscribed for a box, as at a theatrical performance, sporting event, or the like.