10-letter words containing b, u, h
- hang about — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
- harbourful — the amount that a harbour can hold
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard-bound — hardcover
- harquebuse — Alternative form of harquebus.
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- hibiscuses — Plural form of hibiscus.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hobblebush — a North American shrub, Viburnum alnifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of white flowers and red-to-black berrylike fruit.
- home-built — built at home
- homebuyers — Plural form of homebuyer.
- honeybunch — honey (def 6, 7).
- honeybunny — A term of endearment; honey, sweetheart.
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- hot button — exciting strong feelings; highly charged; emotional: hot-button issues.
- hot number — sth popular
- hot-button — exciting strong feelings; highly charged; emotional: hot-button issues.
- houseboats — Plural form of houseboat.
- housebound — restricted to the house, as by bad weather or illness.
- housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housebroke — Simple past form of housebreak.
- hu yaobang — 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.
- hucklebone — hipbone.
- hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
- huebnerite — a reddish-brown mineral of the wolframite group, manganese tungstate, MnWO 4 , a minor ore of tungsten.
- hullabaloo — a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar.
- human body — the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
- humberside — a county in NE England. 1356 sq. mi. (3525 sq. km).
- humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
- humbleness — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbuggery — pretense; sham.
- humbugging — Present participle of humbug.
- hump bluey — to carry one's bundle; tramp
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- hunt board — English Furniture. a semicircular drinking table, often having a groove serving as a guide for coasters and a well for unopened bottles.
- hurlbarrow — a wheelbarrow
- hurlyburly — (archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
- husbandage — the fees and commissions of a ship's manager.
- husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- husbandman — a farmer.
- husbandmen — Plural form of husbandman.