8-letter words containing e, n, r, o
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- grenoble — a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- grierson — John. 1898–1972, Scottish film director. He coined the noun documentary, of which genre his Industrial Britain (1931) and Song of Ceylon (1934) are notable examples
- groaners — Plural form of groaner.
- groaneth — Archaic third-person singular form of groan.
- groening — Matt(hew). born 1954, US cartoonist and writer, creator and producer of The Simpsons television series from 1989
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- grounded — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- grounder — ground ball.
- guerdons — Plural form of guerdon.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- gyrodyne — A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing, as well as one or more conventional propellers to provide forward thrust during cruising flight.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- hannover — a member of the royal family that ruled Great Britain under that name from 1714 to 1901.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
- hereinto — into this place.
- hereunto — to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point: attached hereto; agreeable hereto.
- hereupon — upon or on this.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- hermione — the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- hizzoner — a city mayor or a judge
- home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
- homeborn — That which is born in a given place, native, indigenous.
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- 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.
- honegger — Arthur [ahr-ther;; French ar-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; French arˈtʊər/ (Show IPA), 1892–1955, Swiss composer, born in France.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honewort — any plant of the genus Cryptotaenia, of the parsley family, especially C. canadensis, having clusters of small white flowers.
- honorees — Plural form of honoree.
- honoured — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- honouree — One who receives an honour or award.
- hormones — Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- hornfels — a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- hornless — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- horsemen — Plural form of horseman.
- hortense — a female given name.