8-letter words containing a, d, h, o
- hyoidean — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- jehoiada — a priest of Judah who led the revolt against Athalia. II Kings 11:1–16.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- ladyhood — The quality or state of being a lady or ladylike.
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- longhand — writing of the ordinary kind, in which words are written out in full (distinguished from shorthand).
- longhead — a dolichocephalic person.
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
- maidhood — maidenhood.
- merodach — Marduk.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- mohammed — ("the Conqueror") 1430–81, sultan of Turkey 1451–81: conqueror of Constantinople 1453.
- moorhead — a city in W Minnesota.
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- nakhodka — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan.
- nonhardy — characterized by fragility or incapable of surviving under difficult conditions
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- odograph — a recording odometer.
- off hand — If you do not know something off hand, you do not know it without having to ask someone else or look it up in a book.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- old hand — a person who is experienced in or familiar with a subject, area, procedure, etc.: The guide you just hired is an old hand at leading safaris.
- omadhaun — a foolish man or boy
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.
- orchards — Plural form of orchard.
- orphaned — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- overhand — thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
- overhard — too hard
- overhead — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- pagehood — the office of, or state of being, a page
- pashadom — the office or territory of a pasha
- phalloid — having the form of or bearing a similarity to a penis
- play-doh — Play-Doh is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- rhabdoid — a rod-shaped structure found in the cells of some plants and animals
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- road hog — a driver who obstructs traffic by occupying parts of two lanes.
- roadshow — travelling entertainment
- rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.
- rondache — a small, round shield
- sandshoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sargodha — a city in NE Pakistan.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.