8-letter words containing h, o, b
- herdbook — A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- hip boot — a hip-high boot, usually of rubber, worn by fishermen, firefighters, etc.
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- hobbyism — the practice of pursuing a hobby
- hobbyist — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- hobnobby — tending to hobnob or characterized by hobnobbing
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- holbrook — Stewart H(all) 1893–1964, U.S. historian and editor.
- holdable — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- home box — (jargon, computer) A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, *my* home box runs a full 4.2BSD, so there!"
- home boy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- homebird — a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away
- homebody — a person who prefers pleasures and activities that center around the home; stay-at-home.
- homeborn — That which is born in a given place, native, indigenous.
- homeboys — Plural form of homeboy.
- homebred — bred or raised at home; native; indigenous; domestic.
- homebrew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
- homeobox — Any of a class of closely similar sequences that occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species.
- honeybee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybun — A type of bun or pastry sweetened with honey.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- hornbill — any large bird of the family Bucerotidae, of the Old World tropics, characterized by a very large bill usually surmounted by a horny protuberance.
- hornbook — a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read.
- horrible — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horribly — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horsebox — A vehicle for transporting horses.
- hot comb — a comblike device that is heated, usually electrically, and used to straighten or style the hair
- hot-comb — to arrange or style (the hair) with a hot comb.
- hotblood — a collective term for Arabian, Barb, and Thoroughbred horses
- houseboy — houseman (def 1).
- huidobro — Vicente [bee-sen-te] /biˈsɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1948, Chilean poet.
- humboldt — Friedrich Heinrich Alexander [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
- hunt box — a hunting lodge or house near or in a hunting area for use during the hunting season.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- hymnbook — (British) A book containing a collection of hymns.
- hypobole — the act of anticipating objection for the purpose of refutation
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- job hunt — search for employment