8-letter words containing b, g, h
- breughel — Jan Bruegel
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- brighton — a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- brueghel — Jan (jɑn). 1568–1625, Flemish painter, noted for his detailed still lifes and landscapes
- bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
- bunching — a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.
- bunfight — a tea party
- bunghole — a hole in a cask, barrel, etc, through which liquid can be poured or drained
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- burleigh — Burghley
- bush pig — any of a genus (Potamochoerus) of wild African pigs that live in forested regions
- bush-hog — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- by right — properly; justly
- by sight — by appearance; by recognizing but not through being acquainted
- doughboy — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- galabieh — djellabah.
- ghiberti — Lorenzo [law-ren-tsaw] /lɔˈrɛn tsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1378–1455, Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and painter.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- goombahs — Plural form of goombah.
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.
- habiting — Present participle of habit.
- habsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hagberry — Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
- handbags — a bag or box of leather, fabric, plastic, or the like, held in the hand or carried by means of a handle or strap, commonly used by women for holding money, toilet articles, small purchases, etc.
- hangable — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- headbang — To engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music.
- herbaged — covered with grass or herbage
- herzberg — Gerhard [gair-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈgɛər hɑrd,, -hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1904–1999, Canadian physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971.
- high bar — a bar fixed in a position parallel to the floor or ground, for use in chinning and other exercises.
- high bit — (Or "high-order bit") The most significant bit in a byte. See also meta bit, hobbit, dread high bit disease.
- highball — a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highbred — of superior breed.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- highbush — Being, or coming from, a bush of high stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as highbush blueberry and highbush cranberry).
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- huggable — evoking a desire to hug close; inviting a close embrace; cuddly: a huggable little baby.
- humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- jedburgh — a border town in the Borders region, in SE Scotland: ruins of an abbey.
- maghrebi — a native or inhabitant of the Maghreb.
- mesh bag — bag made of netting