8-letter words containing a, h, o
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chondria — a profusely branched red alga, Chondria tenuissima, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
- choragus — the leader of a chorus
- chorales — Plural form of chorale.
- chorally — of a chorus or a choir: She heads our new choral society.
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- chorioma — any benign or malignant tumor of chorionic tissue; choriocarcinoma.
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- cinchona — any tree or shrub of the South American rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, having medicinal bark
- clochard — a tramp
- co-chair — a person who chairs a committee, meeting, etc. jointly with another or others
- coachers — Plural form of coacher.
- coaching — the act of training a person or team of people in a particular sport
- coachman — A coachman was a man who drove a coach that was pulled by horses.
- coachmen — Plural form of coachman.
- coahuila — a state of N Mexico: mainly plateau, crossed by several mountain ranges that contain rich mineral resources. Capital: Saltillo. Pop: 2 295 808 (2000). Area: 151 571 sq km (59 112 sq miles)
- coal hod — a small pail for carrying coal; a coal scuttle.
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coalhole — a small coal cellar
- coalshed — a shed in which coal is stored
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cochleae — Plural form of cochlea.
- cochlear — a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- cokehead — a person who takes cocaine regularly
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- conchate — conchiform
- conchita — a female given name.
- conehead — a stupid person.
- connacht — a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. Pop: 464 296 (2002). Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles)
- coolabah — an Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus microtheca, that grows along rivers and has smooth bark and long narrow leaves
- coolibah — A northern Australian gum tree that typically grows near watercourses and yields strong, hard timber.
- copperah — copra.
- coranach — Alternative form of coronach.
- corcaigh — a city and port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Cork, at the mouth of the River Lee: seat of the University College of Cork (1849). Pop: 186 239 (2002)
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- couchant — in a lying position
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig