9-letter words containing a, c, h
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- ash color — ash gray.
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- astrachan — a fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool, from Astrakhan.
- at anchor — If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.
- athabasca — river rising in the Rocky Mountains of SW Alberta, Canada, and flowing northeast into Lake Athabasca: 765 mi (1,231 km)
- atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
- athematic — not based on themes
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- attaching — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- autarchic — absolute sovereignty.
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- avalanche — An avalanche is a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
- avouching — Present participle of avouch.
- aw shucks — characterized by a shy, embarrassed, often provincial manner.
- aw-shucks — seeming to be modest, self-deprecating, or shy
- 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
- azedarach — the astringent bark of the chinaberry tree, formerly used as an emetic and cathartic
- azederach — Alternative spelling of azedarach.
- bacchanal — a follower of Bacchus
- bacchante — a priestess or female votary of Bacchus
- bacchants — Plural form of bacchant.
- bacchical — Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.
- bacharach — Burt. born 1928, US composer of popular songs, usually with lyricist Hal David
- bachelors — Plural form of bachelor.
- bachelour — Obsolete form of bachelor.
- back-ache — a pain, especially in the lumbar region of the back, usually caused by the strain of a muscle or ligament.
- back-heel — to strike the ball with one's heel and make it go behind one
- backaches — Plural form of backache.
- backbench — A backbench MP is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in his or her political party.
- backcheck — a valve system in hydraulic doors that controls the door's opening
- backcloth — A backcloth is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery or buildings painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backfisch — a teenage girl; a girl who has not yet reached maturity
- backflash — a flashback: Backflashes of the heroine's childhood fill in gaps in the novel's narrative.
- backhands — Plural form of backhand.
- backheels — Plural form of backheel.
- backhouse — an outdoor privy; outhouse
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backshish — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- backslash — a slash which slopes to the left \
- bad check — A bad check is a check that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the check.