8-letter words containing a, h, o
- warhorse — a horse used in war; charger.
- warmouth — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis gulosus, of the eastern U.S., having a patch of small teeth on its tongue.
- wart hog — wild boar with tusks
- warthogs — Plural form of warthog.
- wash out — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- washbowl — a large bowl or basin used for washing one's hands and face, small articles of clothing, etc.
- washdown — the act or process of washing down, as in cleaning something completely.
- washouts — Plural form of washout.
- washroom — a room having washbowls and other toilet facilities.
- watchbox — a sentry's shelter
- watchdog — a dog kept to guard property.
- watchout — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.
- wax moth — bee moth.
- whackjob — (colloquial, pejorative) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
- whakairo — the art of carving
- what for — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- whatnots — Plural form of whatnot.
- whompage — (rare humorous slang) Whomping or whomping on; acts of whomping or whomping on, taken collectively.
- womanish — womanlike or feminine.
- woodchat — Also, woodchat shrike. a shrike, Lanius senator, of Europe and northern Africa, having a black forehead and a chestnut crown, nape, and mantle.
- xanthoma — a yellow papule or nodule in the skin, containing lipid deposits.
- xanthone — (organic compound) An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide.
- xanthous — yellow.
- xenophya — parts of a shell or skeleton formed by foreign bodies
- yahooism — The behaviour or attitudes of yahoos; ignorant boorishness.
- yangshao — of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–3000 b.c., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.
- yangzhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- yokohama — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: destructive earthquake 1923.
- you what — People say 'you what?' to indicate that they do not believe or accept the remark that someone has just made, or that they have not heard or understood it properly.
- zamenhof — Lazarus Ludwig (laˈzarus ˈludvik). 1859–1917, Polish oculist; invented Esperanto
- zipporah — the daughter of Jethro and the wife of Moses. Ex. 2:21.
- zoopathy — the science of animal diseases
- zoophagy — the feeding on animals by other animals