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9-letter words containing a, b, h

  • biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
  • biophilia — an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
  • 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
  • bismillah — the words which preface all except one of the surahs of the Koran, used by Muslims as a blessing before eating or some other action
  • 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
  • black haw — any of several E U.S. shrubs or small trees (genus Viburnum) of the honeysuckle family, having blue-black fruits
  • blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
  • blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
  • blackwash — to present (someone or something) in the worst possible light
  • blah-blah — and so on; and so forth.
  • 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
  • blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
  • blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
  • blatherer — someone who blathers
  • bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
  • bleachery — a place where bleaching is carried out
  • bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
  • blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
  • blockhead — a stupid person
  • bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
  • blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
  • blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • bohr atom — See under Bohr theory.
  • bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
  • 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
  • booze hag — a girl or woman who drinks to excess
  • boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
  • boxwallah — an itinerant pedlar or salesman in India
  • brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
  • bradlaugh — Charles. 1833–91, British radical and freethinker: barred from taking his seat in parliament (1880–86) for refusing to take the parliamentary oath
  • 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.
  • bran mash — a food for horses made with bran and hot water, and sometimes including carrots, molasses, apples, etc
  • branchery — a group or system of branches
  • branchiae — the gills of an aquatic animal
  • branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
  • branching — the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
  • branchio- — gills
  • branchlet — a small branch
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