11-letter words containing h, o, b, l, e
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- hot-blooded — excitable; impetuous.
- hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperbolize — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.
- hyperboreal — Hyperborean.
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- limber hole — any of a series of holes pierced through a frame or floor to allow the passage of accumulated moisture.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- mobile home — a large house trailer, designed for year-round living in one place.
- mobile shop — a van, truck, etc, which travels from place to place and from which goods are sold
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- nonwashable — Not washable.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- on the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- rhabdocoele — any member of the turbellarian flatworm order Neorhabdocoela, comprising both freshwater and marine species, having a simple saclike digestive system.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- shovel beak — a deformity of the beak in intensively reared chicks
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
- the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
- the jobless — those who are unemployed
- the lebanon — a republic in W Asia, on the Mediterranean: an important centre of the Phoenician civilization in the third millennium bc; part of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 until 1919; gained independence in 1941 (effective by 1945). Official language: Arabic; French and English are also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim and Christian. Currency: Lebanese pound. Capital: Beirut. Pop: 4 131 583 (2013 est). Area: 10 400 sq km (4015 sq miles)
- thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
- toghril beg — ?990–1063 ad, Sultan of Turkey (1055–63), who founded the Seljuq dynasty and conquered Baghdad (1055)
- troubleshot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tumble home — Nautical. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel.
- unabolished — not abolished or revoked
- unbrotherly — not brotherly
- unchoosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- unshockable — not able to be shocked
- untouchable — that may not be touched; of a nature such that it cannot be touched; not palpable; intangible.
- wheelbarrow — a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a wheel or wheels, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts.
- whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
- whole blood — blood directly from the body, from which none of the components have been removed, used in transfusions.
- willow herb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.