8-letter words containing t, o, h, b
- buckshot — Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals.
- bullshot — a cocktail of vodka and beef stock
- bush lot — a tract of timberland
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- butthole — anus.
- 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)
- 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
- fishbolt — a bolt used for fastening a fishplate to a rail
- footbath — a bath for soothing or cleaning the feet.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- hardboot — a horse-racing enthusiast.
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- hip boot — a hip-high boot, usually of rubber, worn by fishermen, firefighters, etc.
- hobbyist — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hot comb — a comblike device that is heated, usually electrically, and used to straighten or style the hair
- hot-comb — to arrange or style (the hair) with a hot comb.
- hotblood — a collective term for Arabian, Barb, and Thoroughbred horses
- humboldt — Friedrich Heinrich Alexander [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
- hunt box — a hunting lodge or house near or in a hunting area for use during the hunting season.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- job hunt — search for employment
- job-hunt — to seek employment; look for a job.
- johnboat — a light, square-ended, flat-bottomed skiff, used in shallow water.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- mmabatho — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa, consisting of several landlocked areas, along the NE part: granted independence in 1977 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,988 sq. mi. (44,000 sq. km). Capital: Mmabatho.
- monobath — a developer and fixer combined in the same solution.
- mothball — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- mouthbow — Musical bow.
- northumb — Northumberland
- oathable — having the ability to take an oath or to be believed while on oath
- outbitch — to bitch more than or better than
- outblush — to blush more than or to exceed in rosy colour
- outthrob — to outdo in throbbing
- prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- rabbitoh — (formerly) an itinerant seller of rabbits for eating
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- rebought — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
- rehoboth — a town in central Israel, SE of Tel Aviv.
- shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- tabouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.