11-letter words containing e, b, a
- hepatitis b — a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus, or HBV) that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids.
- herb garden — where herbs are grown
- hereditable — heritable.
- hereinabove — before in this document, statement, etc.
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- hib vaccine — a vaccine against meningitis, pneumonia, and other illnesses caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b: usually administered during infancy.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- 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.
- hierophobia — an irrational fear of sacred objects or people
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- 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
- horse brass — a brass ornament, originally intended for the harness of a horse.
- house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
- houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
- housebreaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak.
- hoverboards — Plural form of hoverboard.
- human being — any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.
- humbuggable — capable of being humbugged
- hunchbacked — humpbacked.
- husbandable — Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
- husbandless — Without a husband.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- 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.
- hyperboreal — Hyperborean.
- hyperborean — Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
- hypercarbia — (medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- ice barrier — the outer margin of the Antarctic ice sheet, which extends beyond the coastline.
- ice-breaker — An ice-breaker is a large ship which sails through frozen waters, breaking the ice as it goes, in order to create a passage for other ships.
- icebox cake — a confection made from such prepared ingredients as cookies or whipped cream that requires no additional baking but is chilled in a refrigerator before serving.
- icebreakers — Plural form of icebreaker.
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- id bracelet — a bracelet, usually of metal links, having an identification plate for the name of the wearer.
- ida b wells — Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
- ida tarbell — Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- illaqueable — capable of being ensnared
- illiberally — In an illiberal manner.
- illimitable — incapable of being limited; limitless; boundless.
- illuminable — capable of being illuminated.
- immalleable — (archaic) Not malleable.
- immedicable — incurable.
- immedicably — In an immedicable way; incurably.
- immemorable — That cannot be remembered or has been forgotten.
- immitigable — unable to be mitigated; not to be mitigated.
- immoveables — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- impalatable — Unpalatable.