8-letter words containing h, i
- bath oil — scented oil added to bath water
- bathetic — containing or displaying bathos
- bathmism — a hypothetical growth-force, once thought to animate living beings
- bauhinia — any climbing or shrubby leguminous plant of the genus Bauhinia, of tropical and warm regions, widely cultivated for ornament
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- beakfish — Any of certain fishes of the family Oplegnathidae.
- beathing — Present participle of beath.
- 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.
- bedright — a right expected in the marital bed
- beehives — Plural form of beehive.
- 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.
- 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
- beknight — to esteem
- belching — to eject gas spasmodically and noisily from the stomach through the mouth; eruct.
- benching — a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- 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)
- berthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- beshiver — to shatter
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- beth din — a rabbinical court, consisting of at least three dayanim, and having authority over such matters as divorce and conversion and other communal ecclesiastical matters such as Kashruth. It may also try civil disputes with the consent of both parties
- bhelpuri — an Indian dish of puffed rice and vegetables
- bhikshus — a monk.
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- bichrome — having two colours
- bien hoa — a town in S Vietnam: a former capital of Cambodia. Pop: 520 000 (2005 est)
- big fish — If you describe someone as a big fish, you believe that they are powerful or important in some way.
- big hair — a hairstyle with volume created by hair products or styling techniques such as backcombing, etc
- big head — If you describe someone as a big head, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
- big hook — wrecking crane.
- big shot — A big shot is an important and powerful person in a group or organization.
- bighting — the middle part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
- bigmouth — a noisy, indiscreet, or boastful person
- bihourly — occurring every two hours
- billfish — any of various fishes having elongated jaws, esp any fish of the family Istiophoridae, such as the spearfish and marlin
- billhead — a printed form for making out bills
- billhook — a cutting tool with a wooden handle and a curved blade terminating in a hook at its tip, used for pruning, chopping, etc
- bimbashi — a Turkish military official
- binchois — Gilles [Dutch khil-uh s;; French zheel] /Dutch ˈxɪl əs;; French ʒil/ (Show IPA), or Egidius [Dutch ey-khee-dee-oo s] /Dutch eɪˈxi diˌʊs/ (Show IPA), c1400–60, Flemish composer.
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biomorph — a set of two-dimensional branching biomorphic images that can be used to illustrate evolutionary concepts
- biotroph — a parasitic organism, esp a fungus
- biphasic — having two phases
- biphenyl — a white or colourless crystalline solid used as a heat-transfer agent, as a fungicide, as an antifungal food preservative (E230) on the skins of citrus fruit, and in the manufacture of dyes, etc. Formula: C6H5C6H5
- birching — the action of beating someone, esp a naughty schoolchild, with a birch
- birdbath — a small basin or trough for birds to bathe in, usually in a garden
- birdshot — small pellets designed for shooting birds
- birthday — Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.
- birthing — Birthing means relating to or used during the process of giving birth.