8-letter words containing a, h, o
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- orchards — Plural form of orchard.
- orichalc — a yellow alloy derived from gold or copper
- orphaned — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- otaheite — former name of Tahiti.
- otorrhea — a mucopurulent discharge from the ear.
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- outcatch — to catch more than
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outcheat — to exceed in cheating
- outcoach — to exceed in coaching
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- outhauls — Plural form of outhaul.
- outlaugh — (transitive) To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outmatch — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- outthank — to outdo in thanking
- outwatch — to outdo or surpass in watching.
- overarch — to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.
- overhair — the outer coat of an animal
- overhand — thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- overhard — too hard
- overhate — to hate too much
- overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- overhead — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overheap — to supply too much
- overhear — to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge: I accidentally overheard what they were saying.
- overheat — to heat to excess.
- overrash — too rash
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- pachinko — a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
- pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pagehood — the office of, or state of being, a page
- pahoehoe — basaltic lava having a smooth or billowy surface.
- pak-choi — bok choy.
- pancheon — a wide, shallow bowl, originally used for making bread or separating cream
- pansophy — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- pantheon — a national monument in Paris, France, used as a sepulcher for eminent French persons, begun in 1764 by Soufflot as the church of Ste. Geneviève and secularized in 1885.
- parachor — a scientific quantity defined by a formula involving surface tension, mass, and density
- parochin — a parish
- pashadom — the office or territory of a pasha
- pathogen — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pathoses — a diseased condition.
- pathosis — a diseased condition.