8-letter words containing o, h
- bone ash — the residue obtained when bones are burned in air, consisting mainly of calcium phosphate. It is used as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of bone china
- bonefish — a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae
- bonehead — a stupid or obstinate person
- bonhomie — Bonhomie is happy, good-natured friendliness.
- boobhead — a repeat offender in a prison
- boobyish — stupid or silly
- boofhead — a stupid person
- bookshop — A bookshop is a shop where books are sold.
- bootheel — an area of SE Missouri where the Missouri-Arkansas border dips southward forming a rectangular-shaped extension of the state.
- boothose — a protective stocking or boot liner fashionable in the 17th century
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- borehole — A borehole is a deep round hole made by a special tool or machine, especially one that is made in the ground when searching for oil or water.
- borghese — a noble Italian family whose members were influential in Italian art and politics from the 16th to the 19th century
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- bornholm — an island in the Baltic Sea, south of Sweden: administratively part of Denmark. Chief town: Rønne. Pop: 43 956 (2003 est). Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)
- bosthoon — a boor
- botch-up — A botch-up is the same as a botch.
- botchery — an instance of botched workmanship
- botching — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- bothered — worried or concerned
- bothrium — one of two groove-shaped suckers on the scolex of a tapeworm
- bothwell — Earl of, title of James Hepburn. 1535–78, Scottish nobleman; third husband of Mary Queen of Scots. He is generally considered to have instigated the murder of Darnley (1567)
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- botteghe — the studio of a master artist, in which lesser artists, apprentices, or students learn by participating in the work.
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- boughpot — a bouquet of flowers or boughs
- boughten — bought at a store and not homemade
- bow hand — the hand that holds the bow in archery or in playing a violin, cello, etc.
- bowditch — Nathaniel1773-1838; U.S. mathematician, astronomer, & navigator
- boxthorn — matrimony vine
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- brighton — a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)
- broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broacher — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broadish — fairly broad
- brochure — A brochure is a magazine or thin book with pictures that gives you information about a product or service.
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- broncho- — indicating or relating to the bronchi
- bronchus — either of the two main branches of the trachea, which contain cartilage within their walls
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- brouhaha — A brouhaha is an excited and critical fuss or reaction to something.
- brownish — Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
- brush-on — fit to be applied with a brush: a brush-on paint remover.
- brushoff — an abrupt or rude dismissal, esp. in the phrase give (or get) the brushoff
- bucchero — an Etruscan black ceramic ware, often ornamented with incised geometrical patterns or figures carved in relief.
- buckhorn — horn from a buck, used for knife handles, etc
- buckshot — Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals.
- bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
- bullhorn — A bullhorn is a device for making your voice sound louder in the open air.