7-letter words containing b, h
- highboy — a tall chest of drawers on legs, usually in two sections set one on top of the other. Compare tallboy, lowboy.
- hilbert — David [dey-vid;; German dah-vit] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; German ˈdɑ vɪt/ (Show IPA), 1862–1943, German mathematician.
- hip bag — a bag worn around or attached to the hips
- hipbone — innominate bone.
- hirable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hob-job — to do casual work or various small unskilled jobs
- hobbema — Meindert [mahyn-duh rt] /ˈmaɪn dərt/ (Show IPA), 1638–1709, Dutch painter.
- hobbies — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- hobbing — a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- hobbish — like a clown
- hobbism — the doctrines of, or those attributed to, Hobbes, especially the doctrine of absolute submission to a royal sovereign in order to avoid the anarchic disorder resulting from the uncontrolled competition of individual interests.
- hobbits — a member of a race of imaginary creatures related to and resembling humans, living in underground holes and characterized by their good nature, diminutive size, and hairy feet.
- hobbled — to walk lamely; limp.
- hobbler — One who hobbles.
- hobbles — Plural form of hobble.
- hoblike — a hobgoblin or elf.
- hobnail — a large-headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes.
- hobnobs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hobnob.
- hobodom — the condition or life of a hobo
- hoboism — The lifestyle or practices of hobos; vagrancy.
- hoboken — a seaport in NE New Jersey, opposite New York City.
- hofbrau — an informal, German-style restaurant or tavern.
- hogback — a long, sharply crested ridge, generally formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.
- holbein — Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), ("the elder") 1465?–1524, German painter.
- holberg — Ludvig, Baron. 1684–1754, Danish playwright, poet, and historian, born in Norway: considered the founder of modern Danish literature
- holibut — halibut.
- homburg — a man's felt hat with a soft crown dented lengthwise and a slightly rolled brim.
- homeboy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- hopbind — the stalk or vine on which hops grow
- hornbag — a promiscuous woman
- hornsby — Rogers, 1896–1963, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- hosebag — (slang) An undesirable, boorish, unintelligent, or objectionable person; often used in jest; a hoser.
- hot bed — an area having rails or rolls on which rolled pieces are laid to cool.
- hot tub — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
- hotbeds — Plural form of hotbed.
- houbara — a bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, of northern Africa and western Asia, having long black and white plumes on each side of the neck.
- howbeit — Archaic. nevertheless.
- hub-bub — a loud, confused noise, as of many voices: There was quite a hubbub in the auditorium after the announcement.
- hubbard — Elbert Green, 1856–1915, U.S. author, editor, and printer.
- hubbell — Carl Owen ("King Carl"; "The Meal Ticket") 1903–88, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- hubbies — husband.
- hubbing — the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
- hubbubs — Plural form of hubbub.
- hubcaps — Plural form of hubcap.
- humbird — (obsolete) A hummingbird.
- humbled — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbler — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humble.
- humbugs — Plural form of humbug.
- humbuzz — the cockchafer, a European beetle of the genus Melolontha in the family Scarabaeidae