7-letter words containing a, h, o
- hotwash — Discussions and evaluations of an agency's (or multiple agencies') performance following an exercise, training session, or major event.
- houbara — a bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, of northern Africa and western Asia, having long black and white plumes on each side of the neck.
- houngan — a voodoo priest
- housman — A(lfred) E(dward) 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar.
- houssay — Bernardo Alberto [ber-nahr-th aw ahl-ver-taw] /bɛrˈnɑr ðɔ ɑlˈvɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Argentine physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- howdahs — Plural form of howdah.
- hoylake — a town and resort in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside, on the Irish Sea. Pop: 25 524 (2001)
- huanuco — a city in central Peru.
- humacao — a city in E Puerto Rico.
- humoral — of, relating to, or proceeding from a fluid of the body.
- hyaloid — hyaloid membrane.
- hygroma — a swelling in the soft tissue that occurs over a joint, usually caused by repeated injury
- hypogea — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
- hypoxia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- ichabod — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “without honor.”.
- idahoan — a state in the NW United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Capital: Boise. Abbreviation: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.
- isobath — an imaginary line or one drawn on a map connecting all points of equal depth below the surface of a body of water.
- isopach — a line drawn on a map connecting all points of equal thickness of a particular geologic formation.
- isotach — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- ivanhoe — a novel (1819) by Sir Walter Scott.
- jawhole — a hole into which sewage or waste water is thrown
- jehovah — a name of God in the Old Testament, a rendering of the ineffable name, JHVH, in the Hebrew Scriptures.
- joachim — Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1831–1907, Hungarian violinist and composer.
- johanna — a female given name.
- jouhaux — Léon [ley-awn] /leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1879–1954, French labor leader and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
- kachori — An Indian snack of flour with beans and spices.
- kaneohe — a town on E Oahu, in Hawaii.
- karoshi — (in Japan) death caused by overwork
- kenosha — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- kharkov — a city in NE Ukraine: former capital of Ukraine.
- khoisan — a family of languages found chiefly in southern Africa and including the languages of the San and the Khoikhoi.
- khorana — Har Gobind [hahr goh-bind] /hɑr ˈgoʊ bɪnd/ (Show IPA), 1922–2011, U.S. biochemist and researcher in genetics, born in India: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1968.
- kolache — a sweet bun filled with jam or pulped fruit.
- kolchak — Aleksandr Vasilyevich [uh-lyi-ksahndr vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1920, Russian counterrevolutionary and admiral.
- kronach — Lucas ("the Elder") 1472–1553, German painter and graphic artist.
- kyathos — a deep bowl set on a foot, often having a high voluted or serpentine handle rising from the brim and terminating immediately above the juncture of the body and the stem: used for ladling wine into drinking cups.
- ladhood — the state or period of being a boy or young man
- lanchow — a city in and the capital of Gansu province, in N China, on the Huang He.
- lanzhou — a province in N central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Capital: Lanzhou.
- lao she — (Shu Qingchun; Shu Ch'ing-ch'un) 1899–1966, Chinese novelist.
- liao he — a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- loaches — Plural form of loach.
- loathed — to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor: I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.
- loather — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- loathes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of loathe.
- loathly — reluctantly; unwillingly.
- lochage — (historical) An officer who commanded a company in Ancient Greece.
- lochans — Plural form of lochan.
- lothair — ("the Saxon") c1070–1137, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of the Germans 1125–37.
- lothian — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).