8-letter words containing c, h, o, a
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- farouche — fierce.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- 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.
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- gralloch — the entrails of a deer
- guacharo — a nocturnal, fruit-eating, South American bird, Steatornis caripensis, the young of which yield an oil derived from their fat.
- 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.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- hammocks — Plural form of hammock.
- hangchow — Older Spelling. Hangzhou.
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hardcore — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- hassocks — Plural form of hassock.
- hassocky — Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- haycocks — Plural form of haycock.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- hexacore — (computing, of a microprocessor) Composed of six cores.
- hexanoic — Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hoe-cake — an unleavened cake made with flour or corn meal: originally baked on a hoe but now usually cooked on a griddle.
- hoecakes — Plural form of hoecake.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- holarchy — a system composed of interacting holons
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- homecare — The care and maintenance of one's home.
- horchata — (in Spain and Latin American countries) a milky drink made from ground almonds, tiger nuts, or rice.
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- huancayo — a city in central Peru, on the Mantaro River.
- huaracho — huarache.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity