9-letter words containing h, a, i, r, b
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- dithyramb — a Greek choral song or chant of vehement or wild character and of usually irregular form, originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus.
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- faidherbe — Louis Léon César. 1818–89, French soldier and governor of Senegal (1854–65); founder of Dakar
- galbraith — John Kenneth, 1908–2006, U.S. economist, born in Canada.
- haberdine — a cod that has been dried and salted
- hair bulb — the end of a hair follicle containing active hair-growing cells; situated under the skin
- hairballs — Plural form of hairball.
- hairbands — Plural form of hairband.
- hairbrush — a brush for smoothing and styling the hair.
- hammurabi — 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.
- harbinger — a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
- 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.
- hard-bill — a seed-eating bird.
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- heathbird — the black grouse
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- herbivora — grass-eating animals collectively
- heritable — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- heritably — In a heritable manner.
- hibernate — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or its inhabitants; Irish.
- high-carb — having a high carbohydrate content
- hindbrain — the most posterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue, including the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata; rhombencephalon.
- 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.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- imambarah — a building, rooms, etc., used by Shiʿites for ceremonies, especially during the first 10 days of Muharram.
- inbreathe — to breathe in; inhale.
- inhabiter — inhabitant.
- inhabitor — One who inhabits.
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- laberinth — (obsolete) labyrinth.
- labryinth — Misspelling of labyrinth.
- labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- sharpbill — a passerine bird, Oxyruncus cristatus, of New World tropical forests, having greenish plumage and a pointed bill, related to the tyrant flycatchers.
- shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.