10-letter words containing h, a, l, b
- head table — the principal table, as at a banquet or conference, often at the head of a row of tables or raised on a dais, where the presiding officer, chief speaker, guests of honor, etc., are seated.
- hebdomadal — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- herbal tea — drink: plant infusion
- herbalists — Plural form of herbalist.
- herbicidal — Of, or relating to herbicides.
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- high table — the table in the dining hall of a college, reserved for senior members of the college and distinguished guests.
- highballed — Simple past tense and past participle of highball.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hirability — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- histoblast — a cell or group of cells capable of forming tissue.
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
- homoblasty — the state of being homoblastic
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hullabaloo — a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar.
- humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
- hurlbarrow — a wheelbarrow
- hypabyssal — (of an igneous rock) intermediate in texture between coarse-grained intrusive rocks and fine-grained extrusive rocks.
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hypoblasts — Plural form of hypoblast.
- ibn hanbal — Ahmad [ah-muh d] /ˈɑ məd/ (Show IPA), a.d. 780–855, Islamic legist and traditionist, founder of the Hanbali school of law, one of four such schools in Islam.
- inhability — (obsolete) unsuitableness; inability.
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- kubla khan — (italics) a poetic fragment (1797) by Coleridge.
- kumbh mela — a Hindu festival held once every twelve years in one of four sacred sites, where bathing for purification from sin is considered especially efficacious
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- logophobia — an obsessive fear of words.
- long beach — a city in SW California, S of Los Angeles: a seaside resort.
- lubumbashi — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- machinable — (of a material) capable of being cut or shaped with machine tools. Compare free-machining.
- marblehead — a resort in NE Massachusetts: yachting.
- mothballed — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- nail brush — small brush for cleaning finger- and toe-nails
- nalbuphine — a potent synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 7 NO 4 , used as an analgesic for moderate to severe pain.
- newby hall — a mansion near Ripon in Yorkshire: built in 1705 and altered (1770–76) by Robert Adam
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- palm beach — a town in SE Florida: seaside winter resort.
- peach-blow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pebbledash — to cover with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster