9-letter words containing b, h, a
- 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.
- hatchback — a style of automobile in which the rear deck lid and window lift open as a unit.
- hawkbills — Plural form of hawkbill.
- hawke bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the E coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- hawksbill — A small tropical sea turtle with hooked jaws and overlapping horny plates on the shell, extensively hunted as the traditional source of tortoiseshell.
- 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.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- hephzibah — the wife of Hezekiah and the mother of Manasseh. II Kings 21:1.
- 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.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- herbivora — grass-eating animals collectively
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- heritable — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- heritably — In a heritable manner.
- hexabasic — containing six hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced or ionized: a hexabasic acid.
- hezbollah — a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel.
- hibakusha — a survivor of either of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.
- hibernate — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or its inhabitants; Irish.
- high beam — an automobile headlight beam providing bright, long-range illumination of a darkened road and chiefly for use in driving in nonurban areas.
- high-carb — having a high carbohydrate content
- highballs — Plural form of highball.
- hindbrain — the most posterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue, including the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata; rhombencephalon.
- hobbesian — a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hobohemia — A community of hoboes.
- 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).
- home base — Baseball. home plate.
- 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.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- hoop back — a chair back having the uprights and crest rail in a continuous arched form.
- hornbeams — Plural form of hornbeam.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- how about — introducing a suggestion