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10-letter words containing b, h, o

  • bute house — a house in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh: official residence of the First Minister of Scotland
  • buttonbush — a N American shrub of the genus Cephalanthus
  • buttonhold — to buttonhole a person
  • buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
  • buttonhook — a thin tapering hooked instrument formerly used for pulling buttons through the buttonholes of gloves, shoes, etc
  • cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
  • cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
  • cacophobia — The fear of ugliness.
  • calciphobe — calcifuge.
  • canophobia — an abnormal fear of dogs
  • cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
  • chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
  • chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
  • chalkboard — A chalkboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Chalkboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
  • chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
  • charbroils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charbroil.
  • chatterbot — chatbot
  • chatterbox — A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
  • cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
  • checkbooks — Plural form of checkbook.
  • cheekbones — Plural form of cheekbone.
  • chequebook — a book containing detachable blank cheques and issued by a bank or building society to holders of cheque accounts
  • cherry-bob — a pair of cherries joined at the end of their stems.
  • cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
  • chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
  • chiffarobe — Alternative form of chifforobe.
  • chifferobe — a piece of furniture having both drawers and space for hanging clothes.
  • chifforobe — an article of furniture that comprises a chest of drawers and a wardrobe
  • chimborazo — an extinct volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes: the highest peak in Ecuador. Height: 6267 m (20 561 ft)
  • choke back — If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
  • chokeberry — any of various North American rosaceous shrubs of the genus Aronia
  • choliambic — relating to or in the form of choliambs
  • choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
  • chop block — butcher-block.
  • choriambus — choriamb.
  • chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
  • chubb lock — a type of lock with a device that sets the bolt immovably if the lock is picked
  • cibachrome — the old name for the Ilfochrome photographic printing process
  • cibophobia — The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.
  • cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
  • clothbound — (of a book) bound in stiff boards covered in cloth
  • club-house — a building or room occupied by a club.
  • clubhouses — Plural form of clubhouse.
  • co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
  • coach bolt — a large round-headed bolt used esp to secure wood to masonry
  • cochabamba — a city in central Bolivia. Pop: 561 000 (2005 est)
  • cohabitant — a person living together with another or others
  • cohabitate — cohabit.
  • cohabiting — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
  • cohibition — restraint
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