8-letter words containing b, h, i
- firebush — any of several shrubs having bright red flowers or foliage, as the burning bush.
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishbait — Bait for fishing.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fishbolt — a bolt used for fastening a fishplate to a rail
- fishbone — A bone from a fish.
- fishbowl — a glass bowl for goldfish, snails, etc.
- 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.
- h1b visa — a visa permitting a skilled worker with specialized expertise to reside in the U.S. for a certain number of years and work for a sponsoring employer.
- hability — Obsolete form of ability.
- habitant — an inhabitant.
- habitats — Plural form of habitat.
- habiting — Present participle of habit.
- habitual — of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- habitude — customary condition or character: a healthy mental habitude.
- habitues — Plural form of habitu\u00e9.
- hairball — a ball of hair accumulated in the stomach or intestines of a cat or other animal as a result of the animal's licking its coat.
- hairband — A band for securing or tying back one's hair.
- halibuts — Plural form of halibut.
- handbill — a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hannibal — 247–183 b.c, Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy (son of Hamilcar Barca).
- haphsiba — Hephzibah (def 1).
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hawkbill — hawksbill turtle.
- hawkbits — Plural form of hawkbit.
- hebraism — an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- hebraize — to use expressions or constructions distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hebrides — 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).
- hepzibah — a female given name.
- herbaria — Plural form of herbarium.
- herblike — Resembling a herb or some aspect of one.
- hibachis — Plural form of hibachi.
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hibernia — Ireland.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- hibiscus — Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of Hawaii.
- 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).
- hindlimb — Alternative spelling of hind limb.