9-letter words containing h, o, b, l
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- holy lamb — paschal lamb (def 4).
- homebuilt — Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- honorably — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- hook bolt — a bolt bent in a hooklike form at one end and threaded for a nut at the other.
- hornbills — Plural form of hornbill.
- horribley — Misspelling of horribly.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- jobholder — a person who has a regular or steady job.
- john bull — England; the English people.
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
- light box — a boxlike object having a uniformly lighted surface, as of ground glass, against which films or transparencies can be held for examination.
- lightboat — a small lightship.
- lok sabha — the lower house of parliament in India.
- lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- mobbishly — in a mobbish, chaotic or turbulent manner
- mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- ploughboy — a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough
- poachable — able to be poached
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- reblochon — a soft French cheese
- rhabdomal — of or relating to rhabdoms
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- schoolbag — a bag used for carrying books, school supplies, etc.
- schoolboy — a boy attending school.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- shootable — suitable for being shot
- show bill — an advertising poster.
- tabbouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
- the blood — royal or noble descent
- the globe — the world; the earth
- tholobate — the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.
- thornbill — any of various South American hummingbirds of the genera Chalcostigma, Ramphomicron, etc, having a thornlike bill
- throbless — pertaining to something that does not throb or pulsate or that lacks emotion
- thumbhole — a hole into which a thumb can be inserted, as to provide a grip.
- tollbooth — a booth, as at a bridge or the entrance to a toll road, where a toll is collected.
- torchable — able to be torched or set alight