11-letter words containing h, o, b, l
- block house — Stock Exchange. a firm that specializes in block trades.
- blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
- blue cohosh — either of two unrelated plants of the eastern U.S., Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) of the buttercup family, or Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) of the barberry family, both used medicinally.
- body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
- boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
- boot polish — a resistant polish specially formulated to protect boots of various kinds
- bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
- bottlebrush — a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
- breechblock — a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert the cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
- breechcloth — a cloth worn about the loins; loincloth
- breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
- bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
- british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
- broken hill — a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)
- bronchocele — dilatation of a bronchus.
- brotherlike — like a brother
- bryophyllum — a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae with the ability to produce plantlets on their leaves or floral stems
- buffalofish — any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus: family Catostomidae (suckers)
- bullet hole — hole made by a bullet
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- cache block — cache line
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
- chalkboards — Plural form of chalkboard.
- charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charbroiler — a grill or other equipment used for charbroiling
- child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
- chockablock — pulled so tight as to have the blocks touching
- chrysoberyl — a rare very hard greenish-yellow mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in orthorhombic crystalline form and occurring in coarse granite: used as a gemstone in the form of cat's eye and alexandrite. Formula: BeAl2O4
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- cold harbor — a locality in Virginia, NE of Richmond: Civil War battle in 1864.
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- corbel arch — a construction like an arch but composed of masonry courses corbeled until they meet.
- dichlobenil — a nonselective preemergence herbicide, C 7 H 3 Cl 2 N, used primarily as a weed and grass killer.
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- double whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
- doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- ephebophile — A person with ephebophilia.
- fashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- fashionably — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.