8-letter words containing a, h, o
- holy man — priest, spiritual leader
- holy war — a war waged for what is supposed or proclaimed to be a holy purpose, as the defense of faith.
- holyhead — a seaport on Holy Island in NW Wales.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- homaging — Present participle of homage.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
- homecare — The care and maintenance of one's home.
- homeland — one's native land.
- homemade — made or prepared at home, locally, or by the maker's own efforts: The restaurant's pastry is homemade. Breakfast at the farmhouse always meant homemade preserves.
- homepage — Alternative form of home page.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- homeware — crockery, furniture, and furnishings with which a house, room, etc, is furnished
- homogamy — the state of being homogamous.
- honduran — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honorand — the recipient of an honor, especially an honorary university degree.
- honorary — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- hood rat — a young promiscuous woman from an impoverished urban area
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hookload — The hookload is the total force pulling down on the hook (= a high-capacity J-shaped piece of equipment).
- hooligan — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hoop-man — a basketball player.
- hoorayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hooray.
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- horchata — (in Spain and Latin American countries) a milky drink made from ground almonds, tiger nuts, or rice.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- hormonal — Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
- horn-mad — furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- horokaka — a New Zealand low-growing plant, Disphyma australe with fleshy leaves and pink or white flowers
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- horseway — a bridleway
- hortulan — (obsolete) Belonging to a garden.
- hosannas — Plural form of hosanna.
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hospodar — a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostages — Plural form of hostage.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.
- hot jazz — jazz which is extremely emotionally intense and features a lot of improvisation
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hot seat — electric chair.
- hot take — a superficially researched and hastily written journalistic piece, online post, etc., that presents opinions as facts and is often moralistic: a hot take on healthcare reform.