6-letter words containing h, o, b
- h-bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- haboob — a thick dust storm or sandstorm that blows in the deserts of North Africa and Arabia or on the plains of India.
- harbor — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hatbox — a case or box for a hat.
- haybox — A box stuffed with hay in which heated food was left to continue cooking.
- hebron — an ancient city of Palestine, formerly in W Jordan; occupied by Israel 1967–97; since 1997 under Palestinian self-rule.
- hitbox — (computer graphics) An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) in order to facilitate collision detection.
- hobart — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- hobbed — a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- hobber — a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- hobbes — Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.
- hobbit — a member of a race of imaginary creatures related to and resembling humans, living in underground holes and characterized by their good nature, diminutive size, and hairy feet.
- hobble — to walk lamely; limp.
- hobday — to alleviate (a breathing problem in certain horses) by the surgical operation of removing soft tissue ventricles to pull back the vocal fold
- hobnob — to associate on very friendly terms (usually followed by with): She often hobnobs with royalty.
- hoboes — Plural form of hobo.
- hobson — Laura Z(ametkin) [zuh-met-kin] /zəˈmɛt kɪn/ (Show IPA), 1900–86, U.S. novelist.
- hombre — a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- hornby — Nick. born 1958, British writer; his books include the memoir Fever Pitch (1992; filmed 1997) and the bestselling novels About a Boy (1998; filmed 2002), How To Be Good (2001), and Juliet, Naked (2009)
- hotbed — a bottomless, boxlike, usually glass-covered structure and the bed of earth it covers, heated typically by fermenting manure or electrical cables, for growing plants out of season.
- hotbox — a journal box overheated by excessive friction of an axle as a result of inadequate lubrication or the presence of foreign matter.
- huambo — a city in central Angola.
- kibosh — nonsense.
- modheb — Modern Hebrew
- naboth — the owner of a vineyard coveted by Ahab, slain by the scheming of Jezebel so that Ahab could secure the vineyard. I Kings 21.
- obeahs — Plural form of obeah.
- obeche — a tropical African tree, Triplochiton scleroxylon.
- oberth — Hermann Julius [hur-muh n jool-yuh s;; German her-mahn yoo-lee-oo s] /ˈhɜr mən ˈdʒul yəs;; German ˈhɛr mɑn ˈyu liˌʊs/ (Show IPA), 1894–1989, German physicist: pioneer in rocketry.
- phobia — a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.
- phobic — of or relating to a phobia or phobias.
- phobos — Also, Phobus [foh-buh s] /ˈfoʊ bəs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a son and attendant of Ares and the personification of a fear held to possess armies and cause their defeat.
- phobus — Also, Phobus [foh-buh s] /ˈfoʊ bəs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a son and attendant of Ares and the personification of a fear held to possess armies and cause their defeat.
- phoebe — Classical Mythology. a Titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaea and mother of Leto, later identified with Artemis and with the Roman goddess Diana.
- poobah — Pooh Bah.
- rhebok — a large, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, with pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.
- rhombi — an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.