8-letter words containing h, b, e
- bear-hug — to greet with or hold in a bear hug: eager fans bear-hugging the victorious team.
- beathing — Present participle of beath.
- bebother — To bring trouble upon.
- bechamel — a basic white sauce made of milk, butter, flour, and, sometimes, cream
- bechance — to happen (to)
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- beclothe — to put clothes on (someone)
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- bedights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight.
- bedlight — a bedlamp.
- bedrench — to drench thoroughly; soak
- bedright — a right expected in the marital bed
- bedsheet — a sheet for a bed
- bedworth — a town in central England, in N Warwickshire. Pop: 30 001 (2001)
- bee moth — any of various pyralid moths, such as the wax moth, whose larvae live in the nests of bees or wasps, feeding on nest materials and host larvae
- beechnut — the small brown triangular edible nut of the beech tree
- beehives — Plural form of beehive.
- beehouse — A beehive or apiary.
- beerbohm — Sir (Henry) Max(imilian). 1872–1956, English critic, wit, and caricaturist, whose works include Zuleika Dobson (1911), a satire on Oxford undergraduates
- beerhall — a large pub specializing in beer
- behappen — to befall
- behatted — wearing a hat
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- beheadal — a beheading
- beheader — a person who beheads another
- behemoth — If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
- behistun — a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement
- beholden — If you are beholden to someone, you are in debt to them in some way or you feel that you have a duty to them because they have helped you.
- beholder — The beholder of something is the person who is looking at it.
- behooved — to be necessary or proper for, as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on: It behooves the court to weigh evidence impartially.
- behooves — use; advantage; benefit: The money was spent for his own behoof.
- behovely — useful
- beknight — to esteem
- belching — to eject gas spasmodically and noisily from the stomach through the mouth; eruct.
- bellpush — a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
- benching — a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- benchley — Robert (Charles)1889-1945; U.S. humorist
- benchman — a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.
- benchtop — a flat surface area
- benghazi — a port in N Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: centre of Italian colonization (1911–42); scene of much fighting in World War II. Pop: 1 080 500 (2002 est)
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- bequeath — If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- berachah — berakhah.
- berakhah — a blessing or benediction, usually recited according to a traditional formula.
- berdache — a Native American transvestite
- bergmehl — a light powdery variety of calcite
- berthage — a place for mooring boats
- berthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- bescorch — to scorch badly
- beshadow — to darken with shadow