9-letter words containing b, e, h
- furbisher — One who furbishes; especially, a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.
- furbishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furbish.
- genophobe — A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- gibberish — meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
- gynophobe — a person who hates or fears women
- habaneras — Plural form of habanera.
- haberdash — To deal in small wares.
- haberdine — a cod that has been dried and salted
- habergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- habilable — having the ability to be clothed
- habitable — capable of being inhabited.
- habitance — (obsolete) dwelling; abode; residence.
- habituate — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
- hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
- half-blue — the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- halfbeaks — Plural form of halfbeak.
- halophobe — a creature that is unable to live in salty conditions
- hamburger — a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped beef, usually in a roll or bun, variously garnished.
- hand bell — a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.
- handbells — Plural form of handbell.
- handbrake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- 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.
- hansberry — Lorraine, 1930–65, U.S. playwright.
- happen by — chance upon
- harbinger — a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
- harborage — shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.
- harborers — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harboured — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harbourer — A person who harbours another.
- harebells — Plural form of harebell.
- harquebus — any of several small-caliber long guns operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
- 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.
- hawke bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the E coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- head-butt — strike sb with your forehead
- headbands — Plural form of headband.
- headboard — a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.
- heartbeat — a pulsation of the heart, including one complete systole and diastole.
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
- heathbird — the black grouse
- hebdomads — Plural form of hebdomad.
- hebetated — Simple past tense and past participle of hebetate.
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- hedgebill — a tool for pruning a hedge
- heel bone — calcaneus.
- heilbronn — a city in N Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.