9-letter words containing a, l, b
- handblown — (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe: handblown crystal.
- handlebar — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- hard-bill — a seed-eating bird.
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- harebells — Plural form of harebell.
- hasdrubal — died 207 b.c, Carthaginian general (brother of Hannibal).
- hashtable — Alternative spelling of hash table.
- haskell b — (language) An early version of Haskell by Lennart Augustsson <[email protected]> from Chalmers. Haskell B evolved into a full-featured implementation of Haskell 1.2, with quite a few extensions. Ports exist for many platforms including Sun, DEC, Sequent, IBM PC, Symmetry and unsupported versions for NS32000, IBM RT/PC, Cray, Sun-3, Vax, ARM, and RS/6000. Version 0.999.5 included a compiler, interpreter, library, documentation, and examples. Mailing list: <[email protected]>. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- hatchable — (of an egg) able, or liable, to hatch.
- hawkbills — Plural form of hawkbill.
- hawksbill — A small tropical sea turtle with hooked jaws and overlapping horny plates on the shell, extensively hunted as the traditional source of tortoiseshell.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- heritable — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- heritably — In a heritable manner.
- hezbollah — a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel.
- highballs — Plural form of highball.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- holy lamb — paschal lamb (def 4).
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- honorably — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- husbandly — Having the characteristics of a husband; marital.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- idioblast — a cell that differs greatly from the surrounding cells or tissue.
- ignitable — to set on fire; kindle.
- ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- illiberal — narrowminded; bigoted.
- imageable — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- imbalance — the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
- imbrangle — embrangle.
- immovable — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- immovably — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- immutable — not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
- immutably — In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
- inaffable — Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.
- inaidable — incapable of being helped or aided; beyond help
- inaudible — not audible; incapable of being heard.