10-letter words containing h, u, b, l
- chubb lock — a type of lock with a device that sets the bolt immovably if the lock is picked
- clothbound — (of a book) bound in stiff boards covered in cloth
- club chair — a large, heavily upholstered armchair, usually with a low back
- club wheat — a wheat, Triticum compactum, characterized by compact, club-shaped spikes, used for making pastry flour and the like.
- club-house — a building or room occupied by a club.
- clubhouses — Plural form of clubhouse.
- clutch bag — clutch1 (def 15).
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- cuban heel — a moderately high heel for a shoe or boot
- cubby-hole — A cubby-hole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- doughbelly — stoneroller (def 1).
- ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
- flash burn — a burn produced by brief exposure to intense, radiant heat, as from an explosion.
- flash tube — a gaseous discharge tube designed to emit extremely short bursts of very intense light
- flashbulbs — Plural form of flashbulb.
- flue brush — a brush used for cleaning soot from chimneys
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- glory bush — a shrub, Tibouchina urvilleana, native to Brazil, having showy purple flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- habitually — of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- harbourful — the amount that a harbour can hold
- hobblebush — a North American shrub, Viburnum alnifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of white flowers and red-to-black berrylike fruit.
- home-built — built at home
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- hucklebone — hipbone.
- hullabaloo — a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar.
- humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
- humbleness — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- hump bluey — to carry one's bundle; tramp
- hurlbarrow — a wheelbarrow
- hurlyburly — (archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
- irish bull — a paradoxical statement that appears at first to make sense. Example: He's the kind of guy who looks you right in the eye as he stabs you in the back.
- kubla khan — (italics) a poetic fragment (1797) by Coleridge.
- kumbh mela — a Hindu festival held once every twelve years in one of four sacred sites, where bathing for purification from sin is considered especially efficacious
- lévy-bruhl — Lucien (lysjɛ̃). 1857–1939, French anthropologist and philosopher, noted for his study of the psychology of primitive peoples
- light bulb — an electric light.
- lightbulbs — Plural form of lightbulb.
- lubumbashi — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- muhlenberg — Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750–1801, U.S. clergyman and statesman: first Speaker of the House 1789–91, 1793–95.
- nail brush — small brush for cleaning finger- and toe-nails
- nalbuphine — a potent synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 7 NO 4 , used as an analgesic for moderate to severe pain.
- nightclubs — Plural form of nightclub.