9-letter words containing h, o, b
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- reblochon — a soft French cheese
- rhabdomal — of or relating to rhabdoms
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- rhizobium — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, found as symbiotic nitrogen fixers in nodules on the roots of the bean, clover, etc.
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schoolbag — a bag used for carrying books, school supplies, etc.
- schoolboy — a boy attending school.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- shabbatot — Jewish Sabbaths and festivals
- shadowbox — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- sheboygan — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- sherborne — a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shipborne — carried on a ship.
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- shoebrush — a brush used in polishing shoes.
- shootable — suitable for being shot
- shopboard — a shop counter or work bench
- shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
- shorebird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- show bill — an advertising poster.
- showbizzy — characteristic of showbiz
- showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- stenobath — a stenobathic organism.
- stop bath — an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
- tabbouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- tabbyhood — spinsterhood
- table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
- ter borch — Gerard [kh-ey-rahrt] /xˈeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1617–81, Dutch painter.
- the above — something that is above or previously mentioned
- the blood — royal or noble descent
- the boche — Germans collectively, esp German soldiers regarded as the enemy
- the bronx — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- the globe — the world; the earth
- thenabout — around then or around that time
- thibodaux — a city in SE Louisiana.
- thighbone — femur (def 1).
- tholobate — the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.