9-letter words containing eb
- eyebright — any scrophulariaceous annual plant of the genus Euphrasia, esp E. nemorosa, having small white-and-purple two-lipped flowers: formerly used in the treatment of eye disorders
- febricity — the state of being feverish.
- febricula — a slight and short fever, especially when of obscure causation.
- febrifuge — serving to dispel or reduce fever, as a medicine.
- febrility — pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.
- firebacks — Plural form of fireback.
- fireballs — Plural form of fireball.
- firebirds — Plural form of firebird.
- fireblast — A fiery explosion.
- fireboard — a board used to close a fireplace.
- firebombs — Plural form of firebomb.
- fireboxes — Plural form of firebox.
- firebrand — a piece of burning wood or other material.
- firebrats — Plural form of firebrat.
- firebreak — a strip of plowed or cleared land made to check the spread of a prairie or forest fire.
- firebrick — a brick made of fire clay.
- flareback — a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
- forebears — Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
- foreboded — Simple past tense and past participle of forebode.
- foreboder — (archaic) an oracle; one who tells the future.
- forebodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forebode.
- forebrain — Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
- freebased — Simple past tense and past participle of freebase.
- freebaser — One who freebases.
- freeboard — Nautical. the distance between the level of the water and the upper surface of the freeboard deck amidships at the side of a hull: regulated by the agencies of various countries according to the construction of the hull, the type of cargo carried, the area of the world in which it sails, the type of water, and the season of the year. Compare load line. (on a cargo vessel) the distance between the uppermost deck considered fully watertight and the official load line. the portion of the side of a hull that is above the water.
- freebooty — plunder; loot; spoils.
- funnelweb — A literate-programming tool by Ross Williams <[email protected]>. It emphasises simplicity and reliability. It provides a macro facility and assists in the production of typeset documentation. It is independent of the input programming language. Posted to comp.sources.unix volume 26 under CopyLeft. Runs on Sun, Vax, Macintosh and IBM PC.
- gameboard — A portable surface on which a game is played, and which is marked for play of that game.
- givebacks — Plural form of giveback.
- glebeless — without glebe
- gogglebox — a television set.
- goosebump — The bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
- guidebook — a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists.
- handlebar — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- harebells — Plural form of harebell.
- harquebus — any of several small-caliber long guns operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
- hebdomads — Plural form of hebdomad.
- hebetated — Simple past tense and past participle of hebetate.
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hedgebill — a tool for pruning a hedge
- hellebore — any of several plants of the genus Helleborus, of the buttercup family, having basal leaves and clusters of flowers, especially H. niger, the Christmas rose.
- heuneburg — an excavated prehistoric site in S Germany, near Ulm, consisting chiefly of a great early Iron Age fortification dating mostly to the second half of the first millennium b.c. and indicating that the inhabitants carried on an extensive trade with cities in the eastern Mediterranean.
- hidebound — narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
- homebirth — Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- homebound — confined to one's home, especially because of illness.
- homebuilt — Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
- homebuyer — a person who buys or expects to buy a house.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- houseboys — Plural form of houseboy.