8-letter words containing b, h, o
- bichrome — having two colours
- bien hoa — a town in S Vietnam: a former capital of Cambodia. Pop: 520 000 (2005 est)
- big hook — wrecking crane.
- big shot — A big shot is an important and powerful person in a group or organization.
- bigmouth — a noisy, indiscreet, or boastful person
- bihourly — occurring every two hours
- billhook — a cutting tool with a wooden handle and a curved blade terminating in a hook at its tip, used for pruning, chopping, etc
- binchois — Gilles [Dutch khil-uh s;; French zheel] /Dutch ˈxɪl əs;; French ʒil/ (Show IPA), or Egidius [Dutch ey-khee-dee-oo s] /Dutch eɪˈxi diˌʊs/ (Show IPA), c1400–60, Flemish composer.
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biomorph — a set of two-dimensional branching biomorphic images that can be used to illustrate evolutionary concepts
- biotroph — a parasitic organism, esp a fungus
- birdshot — small pellets designed for shooting birds
- blockish — lacking vivacity or imagination; stupid
- blokeish — denoting or exhibiting the characteristics believed typical of an ordinary man
- blondish — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- blowfish — puffer (sense 2)
- blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
- blowhole — the nostril, paired or single, of whales, situated far back on the skull
- blush-on — blusher (def 2).
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- boathook — a pole with a hook at one end, used aboard a vessel for fending off other vessels or obstacles or for catching a line or mooring buoy
- bobwhite — a brown North American quail, Colinus virginianus, the male of which has white markings on the head: a popular game bird
- boehm b. — Proposed the COCOMO technique for evaluating the cost of a software project.
- boehmian — of or relating to Boehmenism.
- boehmite — a grey, red, or brown mineral that consists of alumina in rhombic crystalline form and occurs in bauxite. Formula: AlO(OH)
- boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
- boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
- bog hole — a land-surface depression occupied by waterlogged soil and spongy vegetative material that cannot bear the weight of large animals.
- bog rush — a blackish tufted cyperaceous plant, Schoenus nigricans, growing on boggy ground
- bohemian — Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.
- bohr bug — (jargon, programming) /bohr buhg/ (From Quantum physics) A repeatable bug; one that manifests reliably under a possibly unknown but well-defined set of conditions. Compare heisenbug. See also mandelbug, schroedinbug.
- bok choy — a Chinese plant, Brassica chinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has edible stalks and leaves
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- bolthole — a place of escape from danger
- bone ash — the residue obtained when bones are burned in air, consisting mainly of calcium phosphate. It is used as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of bone china
- bonefish — a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae
- bonehead — a stupid or obstinate person
- bonhomie — Bonhomie is happy, good-natured friendliness.
- boobhead — a repeat offender in a prison
- boobyish — stupid or silly
- boofhead — a stupid person
- bookshop — A bookshop is a shop where books are sold.
- bootheel — an area of SE Missouri where the Missouri-Arkansas border dips southward forming a rectangular-shaped extension of the state.
- boothose — a protective stocking or boot liner fashionable in the 17th century
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- borehole — A borehole is a deep round hole made by a special tool or machine, especially one that is made in the ground when searching for oil or water.
- borghese — a noble Italian family whose members were influential in Italian art and politics from the 16th to the 19th century
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- bornholm — an island in the Baltic Sea, south of Sweden: administratively part of Denmark. Chief town: Rønne. Pop: 43 956 (2003 est). Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)