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10-letter words containing h, o, b, l

  • bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
  • bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
  • bolshevist — a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
  • bolshevize — to bring into line with Communist ideology
  • bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
  • bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
  • bottomhole — The bottomhole is the lowest or deepest part of a well.
  • bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
  • brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
  • brahmaloka — the highest part of Kamaloka, where refined souls exist in blissful contemplation of Brahma.
  • broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
  • bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
  • buddhology — the study of Buddha and of Buddhahood.
  • bush pilot — a pilot who flies small aircraft over rugged terrain or unsettled regions to serve remote areas inaccessible to or off the route of larger planes: Bush pilots brought supplies to the Alaskan village once a week.
  • buttonhold — to buttonhole a person
  • buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
  • cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
  • calciphobe — calcifuge.
  • chalkboard — A chalkboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Chalkboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
  • charbroils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charbroil.
  • choliambic — relating to or in the form of choliambs
  • choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
  • chop block — butcher-block.
  • chubb lock — a type of lock with a device that sets the bolt immovably if the lock is picked
  • cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
  • clothbound — (of a book) bound in stiff boards covered in cloth
  • club-house — a building or room occupied by a club.
  • clubhouses — Plural form of clubhouse.
  • co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
  • coach bolt — a large round-headed bolt used esp to secure wood to masonry
  • crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
  • cubby-hole — A cubby-hole is a very small room or space for storing things.
  • cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
  • death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
  • deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
  • debtholder — (finance) An owner of a financial obligation of another party.
  • demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
  • doughbelly — stoneroller (def 1).
  • ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
  • fathomable — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
  • flashboard — a board, or one of a series of boards, as on a milldam, used to increase the depth of the impounded water.
  • flight box — a tool box containing tools and other equipment and necessaries for a person who flies radio-controlled model planes
  • flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
  • glory bush — a shrub, Tibouchina urvilleana, native to Brazil, having showy purple flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • habilatory — relating to clothes or dressed in clothes
  • half board — demi-pension (def 1).
  • half-blood — the relation between persons having only one common parent.
  • half-board — demi-pension (def 1).
  • half-bound — bound in half binding.
  • halobionts — Plural form of halobiont.
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