8-letter words containing e, c, h, o
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- hardcore — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- 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.
- hectored — Simple past form of hector.
- hectorer — a person who bullies or hectors
- hectorly — in the manner of a hector
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- helicoid — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- helicopt — to fly or transport using a helicopter
- hemlocks — Plural form of hemlock.
- hemocoel — a series of interconnected spaces between tissues and organs through which blood flows freely, unconfined by veins or arteries, occurring in several invertebrate groups, especially mollusks and arthropods.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- hencoops — Plural form of hencoop.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- hexacore — (computing, of a microprocessor) Composed of six cores.
- hexanoic — Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic.
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- hoccleve — Thomas, 1370–1450, English poet.
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- 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.
- holocene — recent (def 4).
- holodeck — (science fiction) A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
- homecare — The care and maintenance of one's home.
- homeotic — Of or pertaining to homeosis.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homicide — the killing of one human being by another.
- honchoed — a leader, especially an assertive leader; chief.
- honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
- hoochies — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hootches — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- hosecock — a threaded exterior faucet, as for attaching a garden hose.
- hospices — Plural form of hospice.
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.
- hot cell — a protected enclosure, usually made of concrete, containing shielded windows and manipulators operated by remote control, used to handle radioactive materials, as for processing, testing, 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.
- how come — in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen?
- humicole — any plant that thrives on humus
- hurcheon — a hedgehog.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.