10-letter words containing h, e, n, b
- hellbender — a large salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, of rivers and streams in eastern North America, having a flat, stout body and broad head.
- helleborin — a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C 28 H 36 O 6 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a purgative.
- hemiglobin — methemoglobin.
- hemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- heronsbill — any of a genus (Erodium) of plants of the geranium family, with fine leaves and yellow, white, or reddish flowers
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hibernated — Simple past tense and past participle of hibernate.
- hibernates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hibernate.
- hibernator — Something that hibernates.
- highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hobohemian — Of, or pertaining to, a hobohemia.
- home brand — an item packaged and marketed under the brand name of a particular retailer, usually a large supermarket chain, rather than that of the manufacturer
- honey bear — a kinkajou.
- honeyberry — genip (defs 2, 3).
- honeybunch — honey (def 6, 7).
- honeybunny — A term of endearment; honey, sweetheart.
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- hornblende — a dark-green to black mineral of the amphibole group, calcium magnesium iron and hydroxyl aluminosilicate.
- hornblower — One who, or that which, blows a horn.
- horse bean — fava bean.
- hot number — sth popular
- housebound — restricted to the house, as by bad weather or illness.
- hucklebone — hipbone.
- huebnerite — a reddish-brown mineral of the wolframite group, manganese tungstate, MnWO 4 , a minor ore of tungsten.
- humbleness — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- husbandage — the fees and commissions of a ship's manager.
- husbandmen — Plural form of husbandman.
- hyoid bone — the horseshoe-shaped bone that lies at the base of the tongue and above the thyroid cartilage or a corresponding bone or group of bones in other vertebrates
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- in the bag — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- inbreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of inbreathe.
- inhabitate — (obsolete) To inhabit.
- inhabiters — Plural form of inhabiter.
- inhabiteth — Archaic third-person singular form of inhabit.
- inhibitive — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- interbirth — Between births.
- jacobethan — noting or pertaining to the architecture of England at the beginning of the 17th century.
- johnny reb — U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- lie behind — If you refer to what lies behind a situation or event, you are referring to the reason the situation exists or the event happened.
- liebknecht — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1919, German socialist leader.
- long beach — a city in SW California, S of Los Angeles: a seaside resort.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- machinable — (of a material) capable of being cut or shaped with machine tools. Compare free-machining.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.