11-letter words containing b, o, t, h
- embryopathy — (pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo.
- embryophyte — any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
- emetophobia — Fear of vomiting.
- emetophobic — Pertaining to, or afflicted with, emetophobia, a morbid fear of vomiting.
- erotophobia — an abnormal fear of sexuality
- erythorbate — erythorbic acid; a food additive used as an antioxidant
- ethnobotany — The scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medical, religious, and other uses.
- exhibitions — Plural form of exhibition.
- exhorbitant — Misspelling of exorbitant.
- featherbone — a substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of domestic fowls.
- footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
- front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
- ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
- habilitator — to clothe or dress.
- habitations — Plural form of habitation.
- habituation — the act of habituating.
- half-bottle — a bottle half the size of a standard bottle of wine, spirits, etc
- halfbrother — Alternative spelling of half brother.
- halo blight — a disease of plants, characterized by small, necrotic leaf or fruit lesions surrounded by a yellowish, halolike band, caused by any of several bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas.
- hamate bone — a wedgelike bone on the side of the wrist connecting the wrist with the fourth and fifth metacarpals, which connect to the ring and little fingers
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- hatchet job — a maliciously destructive critique or act: The special committee has done a hatchet job on the new proposal.
- heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
- heart-throb — a rapid beat or pulsation of the heart.
- heartbroken — crushed with sorrow or grief.
- heartthrobs — Plural form of heartthrob.
- hedge about — If you say that something such as an offer is hedged about or is hedged around with rules or conditions, you mean that there are a lot of rules or conditions.
- hematoblast — an immature blood cell, especially a red blood cell.
- herb doctor — a person who practices healing by the use of herbs.
- herb robert — a wild geranium, Geranium robertianum, having fernlike, scented leaves and reddish-purple flowers.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- heterophobe — Someone who suffers from heterophobia.
- hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hobbletehoy — Archaic form of hobbledehoy.
- hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
- honesty box — a container into which members of the public are trusted to place payments when there is no attendant to collect them
- horn timber — a timber, often one of several, rising from the sternpost of a wooden vessel to support the overhang of the stern.
- host number — (networking) The host part of an Internet address. The rest is the network number.
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- hot-blooded — excitable; impetuous.
- hot-tubbing — 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.
- houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
- hunt button — a button engraved with the insignia of one's hunt and worn on the coat and vest as part of the hunt uniform.
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- hydroborate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several anions containing hydrogen bound to boron, especially the simplest one BH4-; any salt or complex containing such an anion.