9-letter words containing h, o, b
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- inhabitor — One who inhabits.
- inhibitor — a person or thing that inhibits.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- job share — If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
- job-share — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- jobholder — a person who has a regular or steady job.
- jobsworth — (chiefly, British) A minor worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.
- john bull — England; the English people.
- johnboats — Plural form of johnboat.
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- kobenhavn — Danish name of Copenhagen.
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
- light box — a boxlike object having a uniformly lighted surface, as of ground glass, against which films or transparencies can be held for examination.
- lightboat — a small lightship.
- lok sabha — the lower house of parliament in India.
- lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- matchbook — a small cardboard folder into which several rows of paper matches are stapled or glued.
- mobbishly — in a mobbish, chaotic or turbulent manner
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.
- mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- mouthbows — Plural form of mouthbow.
- mysophobe — A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- nabothian — Alternative form of Nabothian.
- neighbors — Plural form of neighbor.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- nightrobe — A robe to be worn at night; a nightgown.
- north bay — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- notchback — a style of back for an automobile in which there is a sharp vertical drop-off from the roof line to the trunk.
- oathbound — Bound by an oath.
- obtaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'obtain'.
- offenbach — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1819–80, French composer.
- ogbomosho — a city in SW Nigeria.
- overbrush — To brush excessively.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- phone box — A phone box is a small shelter in the street in which there is a public telephone.
- photobomb — to ruin (a photograph) by appearing in the image without the photographer’s knowledge, often in some dramatic or comical way: My brother photobombed what would have been a nice photo of my grandma and me.
- phototube — an electron tube with a photosensitive cathode, used like a photocell.
- ploughboy — a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough
- poachable — able to be poached
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.