8-letter words containing a, h, o
- fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
- fashious — troublesome, causing worry
- fathomed — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- flash on — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flashmob — Alternative spelling of flash mob.
- footbath — a bath for soothing or cleaning the feet.
- footpath — a path for people going on foot.
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).
- forehead — the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
- forhaile — to distress
- forkhead — the head of an arrow
- fortrash — (abuse, language) /for'trash/ Hackerism for the Fortran language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- galoshes — a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
- gashouse — gasworks.
- gazpacho — a soup made of chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, garlic, oil, and vinegar, and served cold.
- geocache — A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.
- geophagy — the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas.
- gheraoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gherao.
- gheraoes — Plural form of gherao.
- gnathion — Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- go ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- go-ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- godheads — Plural form of godhead.
- goethals — George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- golgotha — a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified; Calvary.
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- gomashta — (India,now,historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
- gomorrah — Also, Douay Bible, Gomorrha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Gen. 19:24, 25.
- goombahs — Plural form of goombah.
- goshawks — Plural form of goshawk.
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- gralloch — the entrails of a deer
- groaneth — Archaic third-person singular form of groan.
- guacharo — a nocturnal, fruit-eating, South American bird, Steatornis caripensis, the young of which yield an oil derived from their fat.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- hachioji — a city on SE Honshu, in Japan, W of Tokyo.
- hack off — sever
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- hackwork — writing, painting, or any professional work done for hire and usually following a formula rather than being motivated by any creative impulse.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- haemato- — indicating blood
- hagueton — acton.
- hailshot — small pellets of ammunition resembling hail when it is discharged and broadcast in all directions
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- hair oil — hairstyling product