7-letter words containing h, o, b
- borough — A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.
- borscht — a Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot
- boswash — the heavily populated area extending from Boston to Washington and including New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.
- botched — bungled or mishandled
- botcher — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- bothnia — Gulf ofarm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland & Sweden
- bothole — a hole in an animal's hide made by the larva of the botfly
- bouchee — small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture
- boucher — François (frɑ̃swa). 1703–70, French rococo artist, noted for his delicate ornamental paintings of pastoral scenes and mythological subjects
- bouchon — a supplementary, baize-covered top set in the center of a bouillotte table.
- boughed — having a bough or boughs (usually used in combination): golden-boughed elms.
- bourkha — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- bowhead — a large-mouthed arctic whale, Balaena mysticetus, that has become rare through overfishing but is now a protected species
- bowshot — the distance an arrow travels from the bow
- boxfish — trunkfish.
- boxhaul — to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round
- boxhead — a heading, usually atthe top of a page, newspaper column, or column of figures, enclosed in a box formed by rules.
- boychik — (esp in Jewish usage) a term of endearment for a boy or young man
- boyhood — Boyhood is the period of a male person's life during which he is a boy.
- brioche — Brioche is a kind of sweet bread.
- brochan — a type of thin porridge
- broches — (in weaving tapestries) a device on which the filling yarn is wound, used as a shuttle in passing through the shed of the loom to deposit the yarn.
- bronch- — broncho-
- bronchi — bronchus
- broncho — bronco
- brothel — A brothel is a building where men can go to pay to have sex with prostitutes.
- brother — Your brother is a boy or a man who has the same parents as you.
- brought — Brought is the past tense and past participle of bring.
- brython — a Celt who speaks a Brythonic language
- bushido — the feudal code of the Japanese samurai, stressing self-discipline, courage and loyalty
- cashbox — a strongbox for holding cash, esp in a business or financial institution
- chabouk — a long horse-whip, also used for inflicting punishment
- chabrol — Claude (klod). 1930–2010, French film director, whose films, such as Le Beau Serge (1958), Les Biches (1968), Le Boucher (1969), Au coeur du mensonge (1999), and La Fleur du mal (2003) explore themes of jealousy, guilt, and murder
- chaebol — a large, usually family-owned, business group in South Korea
- chatbot — a computer program in the form of a virtual e-mail correspondent that can reply to messages from computer users
- chibouk — a Turkish tobacco pipe with an extremely long stem
- chobdar — a macebearer or attendant of a king or eminent dignitary in India
- cohabit — If two people are cohabiting, they are living together and have a sexual relationship, but are not married.
- cohibit — to restrain (a person)
- colbath — Jeremiah Jones, Wilson, Henry.
- cowherb — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Saponaria vaccaria, having clusters of pink flowers: a weed in the US
- cubhood — the condition of being a cub
- deborah — a prophetess and judge of Israel who fought the Canaanites (Judges 4, 5)
- debouch — (esp of troops) to move into a more open space, as from a narrow or concealed place
- dobhash — an interpreter
- dobrich — a city in NE Bulgaria.
- globish — a simplified version of English used by non-native speakers, consisting of the most common words and phrases only
- go bush — to abandon city amenities and live rough
- godthåb — capital of Greenland, on the SW coast: pop. 12,000
- goombah — a companion or associate, especially an older person who mentors or advises; a godfather.