7-letter words containing h, b, e
- hobbles — Plural form of hobble.
- hoblike — a hobgoblin or elf.
- hoboken — a seaport in NE New Jersey, opposite New York City.
- holbein — Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), ("the elder") 1465?–1524, German painter.
- holberg — Ludvig, Baron. 1684–1754, Danish playwright, poet, and historian, born in Norway: considered the founder of modern Danish literature
- homeboy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- hosebag — (slang) An undesirable, boorish, unintelligent, or objectionable person; often used in jest; a hoser.
- hot bed — an area having rails or rolls on which rolled pieces are laid to cool.
- hotbeds — Plural form of hotbed.
- howbeit — Archaic. nevertheless.
- hubbell — Carl Owen ("King Carl"; "The Meal Ticket") 1903–88, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- hubbies — husband.
- humbled — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbler — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humble.
- icebath — Alternative spelling of ice bath.
- jewbush — The low-growing tropical American shrub Euphorbia tithymaloides (formerly Pedilanthus tithymaloides).
- ketubah — the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her.
- kokobeh — (of certain fruit) having a rough skin
- labiche — Eugène Marin [œ-zhen ma-ran] /œˈʒɛn maˈrɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1815–88, French dramatist.
- lambeth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- lizbeth — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- macbeth — died 1057, king of Scotland 1040–57.
- maghreb — the Arabic name for the NW part of Africa, generally including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya.
- mahaleb — a cherry, Prunus mahaleb, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia, used as a stock in grafting cherries.
- nebbish — a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
- nekhbet — the guardian goddess of Upper Egypt, often represented as a vulture.
- niebuhr — Barthold Georg [bahr-tawlt gey-awrk] /ˈbɑr tɔlt geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1776–1831, German historian.
- obrecht — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1430–1505, Dutch composer and conductor.
- phablet — a mobile device that combines the features of a smartphone and a tablet computer and is larger than a typical smartphone but not as large as a typical small tablet.
- phlebo- — indicating a vein
- phoebus — Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
- potherb — any herb prepared as food by cooking in a pot, as spinach, or added as seasoning in cookery, as thyme.
- rebekah — the sister of Laban, wife of Isaac, and mother of Esau and Jacob. Gen. 24–27.
- rebirth — a new or second birth: the rebirth of the soul.
- scherbo — Vitaly [vee-tah-li] /viˈtɑ lɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1972, Belarusian gymnast.
- shabbes — Sabbath (def 1).
- shabble — a type of curved or crooked sword or sabre
- shamble — a shambling gait.
- shebang — Informal. the structure of something, as of an organization, contrivance, or affair: The whole shebang fell apart when the chairman quit.
- shebeen — a tavern or house where liquor is sold illegally.
- shebeli — Webi [wey-bi] /ˈweɪ bɪ/ (Show IPA), Webi Shebeli.
- sherbet — a frozen fruit-flavored mixture, similar to an ice, but with milk, egg white, or gelatin added.
- shibeli — river in E Africa, flowing from SE Ethiopia through Somalia into a swamp near the Juba River: c. 1,200 mi (1,931 km)
- shoebox — an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale.
- shubert — Lee (Levi Shubert) 1875–1953, and his brothers Sam S. 1876–1905, and Jacob J. 1880–1963, U.S. theatrical managers.
- subecho — an echo resonating more quietly than another echo
- subhead — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- the ba' — a game somewhat like rugby played in Orkney at Christmas and New Year between two very large teams of players
- the bad — those who are wicked