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8-letter words containing l, a, h

  • ballhawk — a sportsman who is skilled at winning possession of the ball, esp in basketball
  • ballyhoo — You can use ballyhoo to refer to great excitement or anger about something, especially when you disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary or exaggerated.
  • bashfull — Archaic form of bashful.
  • bashless — not ashamed; unabashed
  • basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
  • bath oil — scented oil added to bath water
  • bathless — without a bath
  • bechamel — a basic white sauce made of milk, butter, flour, and, sometimes, cream
  • beerhall — a large pub specializing in beer
  • beheadal — a beheading
  • benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
  • bethrall — to make a slave of
  • biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
  • billhead — a printed form for making out bills
  • blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.
  • blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
  • blancher — someone who blanches
  • blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
  • bleached — made lighter in colour
  • bleacher — Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
  • bleakish — quite pale
  • blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
  • bluehead — either of two fish of the wrasse family, Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum
  • bolthead — the head of a bolt
  • brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
  • bulkhead — A bulkhead is a wall which divides the inside of a ship or aeroplane into separate sections.
  • bullhead — any of various small northern mainly marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae that have a large head covered with bony plates and spines
  • bushland — uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation
  • bushwalk — to hike through bushland
  • cachalot — sperm whale
  • cahuilla — a member of a North American Indian people of southern California.
  • cakehole — (slang) The mouth.
  • calabash — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
  • calanthe — any of various orchids of the genus Calanthe of the family Orchidaceae, found in tropical areas and having long-lasting yellow, white, or pink flowers
  • calathea — any plant of the S. American perennial genus Calathea, many species of which are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative variegated leaves, esp the zebra plant (C. zebrina), the leaves of which are purplish below and dark green with lighter stripes above: family Marantaceae
  • calathus — a vase-shaped basket represented in ancient Greek art, used as a symbol of fruitfulness
  • caliches — Plural form of caliche.
  • calipash — the greenish glutinous edible part of the turtle found next to the upper shell, considered a delicacy
  • caliphal — relating to a caliph
  • calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
  • calzaghe — Joe. born 1972, Welsh boxer: won all 46 of his professional fights (1993–2008); world champion in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions
  • camelish — similar to a camel
  • cashable — Able to be converted into cash.
  • cashflow — Of or pertaining to a cash flow.
  • cashless — Cashless payments are made using cards or electronic methods rather than physical money.
  • castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
  • catchall — A catchall is a term or category which includes many different things.
  • catchfly — any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped
  • catechol — a colourless crystalline phenol found in resins and lignins; 1,2-dihydroxybenzene. It is used as a photographic developer. Formula: C6H4(OH)2
  • cathleen — a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
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