8-letter words containing f, o, h
- hakafoth — a ceremony on Simhath Torah and on other occasions in which members of a synagogue congregation carry Torah scrolls around the synagogue seven or more times.
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- halfmoon — the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- haloform — A compound derived from methane by substituting three hydrogen atoms for halogen atoms, e.g., chloroform.
- hand off — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-off — Football. an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate. the ball itself during the execution of such a transfer: He fumbled the hand-off.
- handoffs — Plural form of handoff, alternative form of 'hand-off'.
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- haul off — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- hayforks — Plural form of hayfork.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- head for — go towards, go to
- head off — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- hereford — one of an English breed of red beef cattle having a white face and white body markings.
- herefrom — (archaic) henceforth, from now on.
- hertford — a city in and the county seat of Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- hexafoil — a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon
- hillfolk — the inhabitants of a hill or hills
- hillfort — a hilltop fortified with ramparts and ditches, dating from the second millennium bc
- hindfoot — A rear foot.
- hip roof — a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.
- hive off — a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
- hoffmann — E(rnst) T(heodor) A(madeus) (Wilhelm) [ernst tey-aw-dohr ah-mah-dey-oo s vil-helm] /ɛrnst ˈteɪ ɔˌdoʊr ˌɑ mɑˈdeɪ ʊs ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1776–1822, German author, composer, and illustrator.
- hog fuel — wood chips or shavings, residue from sawmills, etc., used for fuel, landfill, animal feed, and surfacing paths and running tracks.
- hold for — to apply or be relevant to
- hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- honeyful — full of honey
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hopefull — Archaic form of hopeful.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hopfield — a field in which hops are grown
- horn fly — a small bloodsucking fly, Haematobia irritans, that is a pest, especially of cattle.
- hornfels — a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- horrific — causing horror.
- horsefly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- hot-foot — a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
- hotfoots — Plural form of hotfoot.
- housefly — a medium-sized, gray-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world.
- houseful — as many as a house will accommodate: a houseful of weekend guests.
- hoverfly — Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.
- how far? — to what extent, distance, or degree?
- humorful — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- infotech — Information technology.