8-letter words containing f, o, h
- lifehold — Land held by a life estate.
- lionfish — a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, especially P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins.
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- makhlouf — Saint Sharbel [shahr-buh l] /ˈʃɑr bəl/ (Show IPA), 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.
- meyerhof — Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1951, German physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1922.
- monkfish — angler (def 3).
- moonfish — Also called horsefish, horsehead. any of several silvery marine fishes of the genus Selene, having a very compressed body and inhabiting shallow coastal waters.
- mouthful — the amount a mouth can hold.
- not half — Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say 'he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- off hand — If you do not know something off hand, you do not know it without having to ask someone else or look it up in a book.
- off with — a command, often peremptory, or an exhortation to remove or cut off (something specified)
- off-hour — an hour or other period when a person is not at a job: I spend my off-hours reading.
- offereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of offer.
- offshoot — a branch or lateral shoot from a main stem, as of a plant.
- offshore — off or away from the shore: They pushed the boat offshore.
- on faith — through trust; without proof or evidence
- on-shelf — On-shelf goods are available now and displayed for sale.
- outfight — To fight or battle better than.
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- outflush — a burst of emotion
- overfish — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- photofit — A Photofit is a picture of someone wanted by the police which is made up of several photographs or drawings of different parts of the face. Compare e-fit, , identikit.
- porkfish — a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
- pouchful — the amount (of something) a pouch will hold
- prowfish — a fish, Zaprora silenus, of the North Pacific.
- push off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- push-off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
- rosefish — redfish (def 1).
- scomfish — to stifle
- selfhood — the state of being an individual person; individuality.
- she-wolf — a female wolf.
- shoo-fly — a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
- shoplift — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- short of — having little length; not long.
- show off — a theatrical production, performance, or company.
- show-off — a person given to pretentious display.
- shut off — the act or time of shutting or closing.
- shut-off — the act or time of shutting or closing.
- slothful — sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
- soapfish — any of several serranid fishes of the genus Rypticus, producing a body mucus that gives the skin a soapy quality, as R. saponaceus, inhabiting shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- soft hat — a hat made from soft rather than stiff and structured materials
- softhead — a half-witted or silly person
- soothful — truthful
- spoffish — officious or bustling
- the flop — the first three community cards dealt face-up in a round of any of several varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em
- therefor — for or in exchange for that or this; for it: a refund therefor.
- toadfish — any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish) ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- toothful — a little (esp alcoholic) drink