9-letter words containing h, o, b
- cheekbone — Your cheekbones are the two bones in your face just below your eyes.
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chernobyl — a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986
- chin-bone — the anterior portion of the mandible, forming the prominence of the chin.
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- choir-boy — a boy who sings in a choir, especially a church choir.
- choirboys — Plural form of choirboy.
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- chokebore — a shotgun bore that becomes narrower towards the muzzle so that the shot is not scattered
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- chopblock — butcher-block.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- coach box — the seat of a coachman on a horse-drawn carriage or coach
- coachable — capable of being coached
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitee — A person who cohabits with another.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- cohobated — to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.
- coinhabit — To inhabit together.
- conchobar — (in Irish legend) a king of Ulster at about the beginning of the Christian era
- coolibahs — Plural form of coolibah.
- cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
- cubbyhole — A cubbyhole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- debouched — Simple past tense and past participle of debouche.
- debouches — to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
- douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- doughball — a small ball of bread dough, cooked in a stew, as an accompaniment to a meal, etc
- doughboys — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- doukhobor — a member of an independent religious sect originating in Russia in the 18th century, believing in the supreme authority of the inner voice and in the transmigration of souls, rejecting the divinity of Christ and the establishing of churches, and expressing opposition to civil authority by refusing to pay taxes, do military service, etc.
- dukhobors — a pacifistic, nonritualistic, mystical religious sect that separated (1785) from the Eastern Orthodox Church: in the 1890s, many members emigrated to W Canada
- dumb show — a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama.
- dutch bob — a hair style consisting of bangs cut straight across the forehead and the rest of the hair cut to a uniform length just below the ears.
- earthborn — born on or sprung from the earth; of earthly origin.
- ecophobia — Fear of one\u2019s home.
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- eurobeach — a beach that has been designated as suitable for bathing from because it meets the limits set by European Union regulations for bacteria in bathing areas
- exhibitor — A person who displays works of art or other items of interest at an exhibition.
- fishbones — Plural form of fishbone.
- fishbowls — Plural form of fishbowl.
- flash mob — a group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration: The flash mob brought wide smiles to the faces of commuters waiting for their train.
- fob watch — a pocket watch that is attached to a waistcoat by a chain or ribbon