8-letter words containing ch
- bacchant — a priest or votary of Bacchus
- bacchiac — of, containing, or consisting of bacchii
- bacchius — a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –)
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- backache — Backache is a dull pain in your back.
- backchat — the act of answering back, esp impudently
- barchans — Plural form of barchan.
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- batching — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- beachbag — a large handbag, sometimes of canvas, used to carry personal items, as a bathing suit, towel, and suntan lotion, to and from a beach.
- beachboy — a male lifeguard on a beach
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- bechamel — a basic white sauce made of milk, butter, flour, and, sometimes, cream
- bechance — to happen (to)
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- bedrench — to drench thoroughly; soak
- beechnut — the small brown triangular edible nut of the beech tree
- belching — to eject gas spasmodically and noisily from the stomach through the mouth; eruct.
- benching — a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- benchley — Robert (Charles)1889-1945; U.S. humorist
- benchman — a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.
- benchtop — a flat surface area
- berachah — berakhah.
- berdache — a Native American transvestite
- bescorch — to scorch badly
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- bichrome — having two colours
- binchois — Gilles [Dutch khil-uh s;; French zheel] /Dutch ˈxɪl əs;; French ʒil/ (Show IPA), or Egidius [Dutch ey-khee-dee-oo s] /Dutch eɪˈxi diˌʊs/ (Show IPA), c1400–60, Flemish composer.
- birching — the action of beating someone, esp a naughty schoolchild, with a birch
- bitchery — spiteful talk
- bitchin' — wonderful or excellent
- bitching — a female dog: The bitch won first place in the sporting dogs category.
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- bleached — made lighter in colour
- bleacher — Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
- blencher — someone employed to scare or obstruct
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- bluchers — a strong, leather half boot.
- bok choy — a Chinese plant, Brassica chinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has edible stalks and leaves
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- botch-up — A botch-up is the same as a botch.
- botchery — an instance of botched workmanship
- botching — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- bowditch — Nathaniel1773-1838; U.S. mathematician, astronomer, & navigator
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part