9-letter words containing h, e, l, b, o
- heilbronn — a city in N Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- heliborne — transported by helicopter: heliborne troops.
- hellbound — Bound for Hell; damned.
- hellbroth — a magical broth prepared for an evil purpose, as in black magic.
- hellebore — any of several plants of the genus Helleborus, of the buttercup family, having basal leaves and clusters of flowers, especially H. niger, the Christmas rose.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- herbology — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hezbollah — a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel.
- hobbyless — without any hobby or hobbies
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- homebuilt — Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- horribley — Misspelling of horribly.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- jobholder — a person who has a regular or steady job.
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- poachable — able to be poached
- reblochon — a soft French cheese
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- shootable — suitable for being shot
- tabbouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
- the blood — royal or noble descent
- the globe — the world; the earth
- tholobate — the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.
- throbless — pertaining to something that does not throb or pulsate or that lacks emotion
- thumbhole — a hole into which a thumb can be inserted, as to provide a grip.
- 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.
- 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.