8-letter words containing a, b, h
- malherbe — François de (frɑ̃swa də). 1555–1628, French poet and critic. He advocated the classical ideals of clarity and concision of meaning
- marybeth — a female given name.
- mashable — Of a consistency suitable for mashing.
- mastabah — Alt form mastaba.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- memsahib — (formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
- mesh bag — bag made of netting
- mmabatho — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa, consisting of several landlocked areas, along the NE part: granted independence in 1977 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,988 sq. mi. (44,000 sq. km). Capital: Mmabatho.
- monobath — a developer and fixer combined in the same solution.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- mothball — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- mud bath — skin treatment: soaking in mud
- mudbaths — Plural form of mudbath.
- muhlbach — Luise [loo-ee-zuh] /luˈi zə/ (Show IPA), (Klara Müller Mundt) 1814–73, German novelist.
- oathable — having the ability to take an oath or to be believed while on oath
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- path lab — pathology laboratory
- pb cache — Pipeline Burst Cache
- philabeg — filibeg.
- pithball — a small ball of pith suspended on a thread inside an early type of electroscope that would indicate the presence and strength of electric charge in an object near or touching it
- pooh bah — a person who holds several positions, especially ones that give him or her bureaucratic importance.
- pooh-bah — a person who holds several positions, especially ones that give him or her bureaucratic importance.
- punchbag — A punchbag is a heavy leather bag, filled with a firm material, that hangs on a rope. Punchbags are used by boxers and other sportsmen for exercise and training.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- quasheba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- rabbitoh — (formerly) an itinerant seller of rabbits for eating
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- rebranch — (of a branch, tree, evolutionary tree, etc) to branch again
- rehabbed — rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions: He's been sober since coming out of rehab. She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
- rehabber — rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions: He's been sober since coming out of rehab. She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
- rehoboam — the successor of Solomon and the first king of Judah, reigned 922?–915? b.c. I Kings 11:43.
- rhabdoid — a rod-shaped structure found in the cells of some plants and animals
- rheobase — the minimum electric current required to excite a given nerve or muscle.
- rhubarby — similar to or tasting like rhubarb
- saltbush — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Atriplex, having mostly alternate leaves and clusters of inconspicuous flowers, often growing in saline or alkaline soil.
- sap bush — sugarbush (def 2).
- sash bar — muntin (def 1).
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- seabeach — a beach lying along a sea or ocean.
- shabbier — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shabelle — Webi Shebeli.
- shabrack — the saddlecloth of a cavalry horse used by European light cavalry
- shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- shadbush — the serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.
- shagbark — a hickory, Carya ovata, having shaggy, rough bark and yielding a valuable wood.