8-letter words containing b, e, h
- bushnell — David, 1742?–1824, U.S. inventor: pioneered in submarine construction.
- but then — You use but then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- butchest — butch haircut.
- butthead — a stupid person
- butthole — anus.
- by heart — If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
- caboched — (of an image of the head of a beast) having an exposed face but a concealed neck
- caboshed — (of an animal, as a deer) shown facing forward without a neck: a stag's head caboshed.
- cashable — Able to be converted into cash.
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chambers — a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- checkbox — A small box on a computer screen that, when selected by the user, is filled with a check mark to show that the feature described alongside it has been enabled.
- cherubic — If someone looks cherubic, they look sweet and innocent like a cherub.
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- chewable — Chewable describes drugs that are best or most easily absorbed by chewing.
- childbed — the condition of giving birth to a child
- chimbley — (UK, dialect) A chimney.
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- chinbone — the front part of the jawbone that constitutes the chin
- chubbier — Comparative form of chubby.
- chubbies — Plural form of chubby.
- chubster — An overweight person.
- clubhead — the head of a golf club
- cobhouse — A structure built of cob.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- cuthbert — Saint. ?635–87 ad, English monk; bishop of Lindisfarne. Feast day: March 20
- dahabeah — a houseboat used on the Nile
- dahabieh — A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
- deathbed — If someone is on their deathbed, they are in a bed and about to die.
- debouche — an outlet, as for troops to debouch through
- disbench — to remove (a barrister or judge) from the membership of the governing body of one of the Inns of Court
- dumbhead — blockhead.
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- dweebish — Dweeby.
- eberhard — Johann August (joˈhan ˈaʊɡʊst). 1739–1809, German philosopher and lexicographer, best known for his German dictionary (1795–1802)
- eberhart — Richard, 1904–2005, U.S. poet.
- embushed — Simple past tense and past participle of embush.
- emu bush — any of various Australian shrubs, esp those of the genus Eremophila (family Myoporaceae), whose fruits are eaten by emus
- euphobia — Fear of hearing good news.
- eurybath — an aquatic organism that can live at different depths
- exhibits — Plural form of exhibit.