8-letter words containing h, o, b
- checkbox — A small box on a computer screen that, when selected by the user, is filled with a check mark to show that the feature described alongside it has been enabled.
- chibouks — Plural form of chibouk.
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- chin job — a cosmetic operation to improve the shape of the chin
- chinbone — the front part of the jawbone that constitutes the chin
- chip box — chad box
- choirboy — A choirboy is a boy who sings in a church choir.
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- cobhouse — A structure built of cob.
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- coolabah — an Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus microtheca, that grows along rivers and has smooth bark and long narrow leaves
- coolibah — A northern Australian gum tree that typically grows near watercourses and yields strong, hard timber.
- debouche — an outlet, as for troops to debouch through
- dobchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
- doughboy — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- dukhobor — Doukhobor.
- dumbshow — Gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime.
- euphobia — Fear of hearing good news.
- fishbolt — a bolt used for fastening a fishplate to a rail
- fishbone — A bone from a fish.
- fishbowl — a glass bowl for goldfish, snails, etc.
- flashmob — Alternative spelling of flash mob.
- footbath — a bath for soothing or cleaning the feet.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- goombahs — Plural form of goombah.
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- hand job — an act of masturbation.
- hand-job — an act of masturbation.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
- harbored — 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.
- harborer — 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.
- harbours — Plural form of harbour.
- hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- hardbody — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hardboot — a horse-racing enthusiast.
- harunobu — Suzuki [soo-zoo-kee] /sʊˈzu ki/ (Show IPA), 1720?–70, Japanese painter and printmaker.
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- head boy — The head boy of a school is the boy who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- hebdomad — the number seven.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.