9-letter words containing b, o, h, e
- hellebore — any of several plants of the genus Helleborus, of the buttercup family, having basal leaves and clusters of flowers, especially H. niger, the Christmas rose.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- herbivora — grass-eating animals collectively
- herbivore — a herbivorous animal.
- herbivory — The eating of plants, especially ones that are still living.
- herbology — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- herborist — herbalist.
- herborize — botanize.
- herd-book — a book containing the pedigrees of breeds of pigs, cattle, etc
- herdbooks — Plural form of herdbook.
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- hezbollah — a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel.
- hidebound — narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
- hobbesian — a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
- hobbitses — (humorous, nonstandard) Plural form of hobbit.
- hobbyless — without any hobby or hobbies
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hobnobbed — Simple past tense and past participle of hobnob.
- hobnobber — One who hobnobs.
- hobohemia — A community of hoboes.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- home base — Baseball. home plate.
- home-brew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
- homebirth — Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- homebound — confined to one's home, especially because of illness.
- homebuilt — Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
- homebuyer — a person who buys or expects to buy a house.
- homophobe — a person who fears or hates homosexuals and homosexuality.
- honey bun — Also called sticky bun. a sweet spiral-shaped bun, usually with cinnamon, raisins, and nuts, coated with honey or butter and brown sugar.
- honey-bee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybees — Plural form of honeybee.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- honeycomb — a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- hornbeams — Plural form of hornbeam.
- horribley — Misspelling of horribly.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- houseboys — Plural form of houseboy.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- job share — If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
- job-share — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- jobholder — a person who has a regular or steady job.
- kobenhavn — Danish name of Copenhagen.
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.