8-letter words containing t, h, b
- 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.
- boughpot — a bouquet of flowers or boughs
- boughten — bought at a store and not homemade
- bowditch — Nathaniel1773-1838; U.S. mathematician, astronomer, & navigator
- boxthorn — matrimony vine
- bratchet — a brach or brachet hound
- breathed — relating to or denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the vocal cords are not made to vibrate
- breather — If you take a breather, you stop what you are doing for a short time and have a rest.
- breathes — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- brethren — You can refer to the members of a particular organization or group, especially a religious group, as brethren.
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- 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)
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- buckshot — Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals.
- buddhist — A Buddhist is a person whose religion is Buddhism.
- bullshit — If you say that something is bullshit, you are saying that it is nonsense or completely untrue.
- bullshot — a cocktail of vodka and beef stock
- bunfight — a tea party
- bush lot — a tract of timberland
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bush tit — any of several North American titmice of the genus Psaltriparus, which construct long, pendent nests.
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- but that — about the fact that
- but then — You use but then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- butchest — butch haircut.
- butthead — a stupid person
- butthole — anus.
- butthurt — mental distress or irritation caused by an overreaction to a perceived personal slight, a bad outcome, etc.
- by birth — If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
- by heart — If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
- by right — properly; justly
- by sight — by appearance; by recognizing but not through being acquainted
- by-catch — unwanted fish and other sea animals caught in a fishing net along with the desired kind of fish
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- chubster — An overweight person.
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- cuthbert — Saint. ?635–87 ad, English monk; bishop of Lindisfarne. Feast day: March 20
- deathbed — If someone is on their deathbed, they are in a bed and about to die.
- dishabit — to dislodge
- dumbshit — (vulgar, pejorative, colloquial) A stupid person or someone who makes or has just made a significant mistake.
- eberhart — Richard, 1904–2005, U.S. poet.
- eurybath — an aquatic organism that can live at different depths
- exhibits — Plural form of exhibit.
- fishbait — Bait for fishing.