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9-letter words containing h, a, b, o, r

  • choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
  • cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
  • conchobar — (in Irish legend) a king of Ulster at about the beginning of the Christian era
  • cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
  • dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
  • earthborn — born on or sprung from the earth; of earthly origin.
  • euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
  • eurobeach — a beach that has been designated as suitable for bathing from because it meets the limits set by European Union regulations for bacteria in bathing areas
  • gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
  • habergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
  • harborage — shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.
  • harborers — 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.
  • harboring — 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.
  • harborous — welcoming and offering hospitality
  • harboured — 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.
  • harbourer — A person who harbours another.
  • hard boot — (operating system)   A boot which resets the entire system. The phrase has connations of hostility toward, or frustration with, the computer being booted. For example, "I'll have to hard boot this losing Sun", or "I recommend booting it hard". Hard boots are often performed with a power cycle. Contrast soft boot. See also cold boot and reboot
  • hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
  • hardboard — a material made from wood fibers compressed into sheets, having many household and industrial uses.
  • hardbound — (of a book) bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.
  • hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
  • headboard — a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.
  • herbivora — grass-eating animals collectively
  • hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
  • holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
  • honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
  • honorably — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
  • hornbeams — Plural form of hornbeam.
  • horseback — the back of a horse.
  • hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
  • 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.
  • hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
  • inhabitor — One who inhabits.
  • 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.
  • khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
  • mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
  • north bay — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
  • quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
  • raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
  • rhabdomal — of or relating to rhabdoms
  • rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
  • rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
  • roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
  • seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
  • shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
  • shopboard — a shop counter or work bench
  • showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
  • thornback — a skate, Raja clavata, of European waters, having short spines on the back and tail.
  • throwback — an act of throwing back.
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