8-letter words containing b, e, h
- heelball — a substance composed of lampblack and wax used for making rubbings or for polishing shoes.
- hellbent — stubbornly or recklessly determined.
- helpable — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- henbanes — Plural form of henbane.
- hepzibah — a female given name.
- herb tea — a tea made of dried herbs and spices and usually containing no caffeine.
- herbaged — covered with grass or herbage
- herbaria — Plural form of herbarium.
- herbless — Destitute of herbs or vegetation.
- herblike — Resembling a herb or some aspect of one.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- herdbook — A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
- herzberg — Gerhard [gair-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈgɛər hɑrd,, -hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1904–1999, Canadian physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971.
- hey rube — a fight between townspeople and the members of a circus or carnival.
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hibernia — Ireland.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- highbred — of superior breed.
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- hireable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hittable — (of a ball or pitch) capable of being hit
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- holdable — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- home box — (jargon, computer) A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, *my* home box runs a full 4.2BSD, so there!"
- home boy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- homebird — a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away
- homebody — a person who prefers pleasures and activities that center around the home; stay-at-home.
- homeborn — That which is born in a given place, native, indigenous.
- homeboys — Plural form of homeboy.
- homebred — bred or raised at home; native; indigenous; domestic.
- homebrew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
- homeobox — Any of a class of closely similar sequences that occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species.
- honeybee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybun — A type of bun or pastry sweetened with honey.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- horrible — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horsebox — A vehicle for transporting horses.
- houseboy — houseman (def 1).
- huggable — evoking a desire to hug close; inviting a close embrace; cuddly: a huggable little baby.
- humblest — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- hummable — (of a piece of music) able to be hummed easily; melodic; tuneful.
- huntable — capable of being hunted
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- hypobole — the act of anticipating objection for the purpose of refutation
- jedburgh — a border town in the Borders region, in SE Scotland: ruins of an abbey.
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- jochebed — the mother of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.