8-letter words containing h, e, b
- feeblish — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- firebush — any of several shrubs having bright red flowers or foliage, as the burning bush.
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishbone — A bone from a fish.
- galabieh — djellabah.
- ghiberti — Lorenzo [law-ren-tsaw] /lɔˈrɛn tsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1378–1455, Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and painter.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.
- habanera — a dance of Cuban origin.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- habenula — a narrow bandlike structure, as the stalk attaching the pineal gland to the thalamus.
- habermas — Jürgen (ˈjyrɡən). born 1929, German social theorist: his chief works are Theory and Practice (1963) and Knowledge and Human Interests (1968)
- habitude — customary condition or character: a healthy mental habitude.
- habitues — Plural form of habitu\u00e9.
- hackable — (computing) That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
- had best — should, would be wise to
- hagberry — Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- halfbeak — any of several marine fishes of the family Hemiramphidae, having a greatly elongated lower jaw.
- handbell — a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.
- hangable — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- harambee — a work chant used on the E African coast
- harbored — 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.
- harborer — 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.
- hardbake — almond toffee
- harebell — a low plant, Campanula rotundifolia, of the bellflower family, having narrow leaves and blue, bell-shaped flowers.
- harmable — Susceptible to harm.
- has-been — a person or thing that is no longer effective, successful, popular, etc.
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.
- hateable — meriting hatred or loathing.
- hauberks — Plural form of hauberk.
- haulable — Capable of being hauled.
- hawkbell — a small bell fitted to a hawk's leg
- hay bale — block of dried grass
- head boy — The head boy of a school is the boy who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- headband — a band worn around the head; fillet.
- headbang — To engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music.
- headbutt — A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into the opponent, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.
- healable — Receptive to treatment or cure.
- hearable — to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
- heatable — Capable of being heated.
- hebdomad — the number seven.
- hebetant — causing dullness
- hebetate — to make dull or blunt.
- hebetude — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hebraism — an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- hebraize — to use expressions or constructions distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hebrides — 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).
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.