9-letter words containing a, b, k, h
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- shark bay — a large inlet on the W coast of Western Australia, 800 km (500 miles) north of Perth; the coastline is over 1500 km (930 miles) long and has two large shallow embayments and numerous islands; noted for its large sea-grass beds, stromatolites, and colonies of dugong; a World Heritage site. Area: 2.2 million hectares. Pop: 900 (2014 est)
- shellback — an old sailor.
- shellbark — the shagbark tree.
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- the backs — the grounds between the River Cam and certain Cambridge colleges
- thinkable — capable of being thought; conceivable.
- thinkably — in a thinkable or conceivable manner
- thornback — a skate, Raja clavata, of European waters, having short spines on the back and tail.
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- thumbtack — a tack with a large, flat head, designed to be thrust into a board or other fairly soft object or surface by the pressure of the thumb.
- touchback — a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety (def 6a).
- whaleback — Nautical. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck. a deck or cover curving upward.
- whitebark — The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.