8-letter words containing a, d, h, o
- hand log — chip log.
- hand off — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-job — an act of masturbation.
- hand-off — Football. an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate. the ball itself during the execution of such a transfer: He fumbled the hand-off.
- hand-out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
- handhold — a grip with the hand or hands.
- handiron — andiron.
- handload — to load (cartridges or other ammunition) by hand.
- handloom — a loom operated manually, in contrast to a power loom.
- handoffs — Plural form of handoff, alternative form of 'hand-off'.
- handouts — Plural form of handout.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- handroll — a Japanese dish consisting of a large cone of dried seaweed filled with cold rice and other ingredients, eaten with the fingers rather than chopsticks
- hands on — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- handsome — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hang-dog — browbeaten; defeated; intimidated; abject: He always went about with a hangdog look.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- harbored — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- hard top — A hard top is a vehicle that has a permanent rigid roof.
- hard-won — If you describe something that someone has gained or achieved as hard-won, you mean that they worked hard to gain or achieve it.
- hardbody — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hardboot — a horse-racing enthusiast.
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hardcore — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- hardtops — Plural form of hardtop.
- hardwood — the hard, compact wood or timber of various trees, as the oak, cherry, maple, or mahogany.
- harewood — the greenish-gray wood of the sycamore maple, used for making furniture.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- harrowed — an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- head boy — The head boy of a school is the boy who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- head for — go towards, go to
- head off — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- head out — leave, start a journey
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- headmost — most advanced; foremost.
- headnote — a brief summary, comment, or explanation that precedes a chapter, report, etc.
- headroom — Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- headrope — the part of a bolt-rope attached to the head of a sail
- headshot — a photograph of someone's face, especially a promotional photograph of a model, actor, or author.
- headword — a word, phrase, or the like, appearing as the heading of a chapter, dictionary or encyclopedia entry, etc.