9-letter words containing h, b, o
- thon buri — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thornback — a skate, Raja clavata, of European waters, having short spines on the back and tail.
- thornbill — any of various South American hummingbirds of the genera Chalcostigma, Ramphomicron, etc, having a thornlike bill
- thornbird — any of various small S American birds of the genus Phacellodomus
- thornbush — any of various shrubs or bushes having spines or thorns.
- throbbing — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- throbless — pertaining to something that does not throb or pulsate or that lacks emotion
- thrombose — to become or affect with a thrombus
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- thumbhole — a hole into which a thumb can be inserted, as to provide a grip.
- to be had — If you have been had, someone has tricked you, for example by selling you something at too high a price.
- tollbooth — a booth, as at a bridge or the entrance to a toll road, where a toll is collected.
- tom thumb — a diminutive hero of folk tales.
- tomboyish — an energetic, sometimes boisterous girl whose behavior and pursuits, especially in games and sports, are considered more typical of boys than of girls.
- toothcomb — a comb with fine teeth
- torchable — able to be torched or set alight
- touchable — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchback — a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety (def 6a).
- tubuphone — an instrument resembling a glockenspiel but with metal tubes instead of bars.
- unbookish — not studious or bookish
- unharbour — to force out of shelter, esp with regard to hunted animals
- washboard — a rectangular board or frame, typically with a corrugated metallic surface, on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing.
- washbowls — Plural form of washbowl.
- webphones — Plural form of webphone.
- welsh cob — any of a breed of medium-sized riding horse, developed in Wales, with a thickset body and relatively short legs
- whaleboat — a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.
- whalebone — an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen.
- whirlbone — Alternative form of whirl-bone.
- whiteboys — a secret agrarian peasant organization, active in Ireland during the early 1760s, whose members wore white shirts for recognition on their night raids to destroy crops, barns, and other property in redressing grievances against landlords and protesting the paying of tithes.
- whitecomb — a fungal disease infecting the combs of certain fowls
- wishbones — Plural form of wishbone.
- workbench — a sturdy table at which an artisan works.
- xenophobe — a person who fears or hates foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- yobbishly — in a yobbish or rowdy manner
- yohimbine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 26 N 2 O 3 , extracted from the bark of Corynanthe johimbe or Rauwolfia serpentina, used as a selective alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonist: purported to have aphrodisiac properties.
- zoophobia — abnormal fear of animals.