8-letter words containing g, o, h
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.
- gryphons — Plural form of gryphon.
- guacharo — a nocturnal, fruit-eating, South American bird, Steatornis caripensis, the young of which yield an oil derived from their fat.
- gumphion — a funeral banner
- gumshoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gumshoe.
- gumshoes — Plural form of gumshoe.
- gunhouse — an armoured rotatable enclosure for guns on a warship
- gunkhole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- gunshots — Plural form of gunshot.
- gym shoe — a lightweight canvas shoe with a rubber sole; sneaker.
- hagueton — acton.
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- hand log — chip log.
- hang out — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang-dog — browbeaten; defeated; intimidated; abject: He always went about with a hangdog look.
- hangchow — Older Spelling. Hangzhou.
- hangouts — Plural form of hangout.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- hangzhou — a province in E China, on the East China Sea. 39,768 sq. mi. (102,999 sq. km). Capital: Hangzhou.
- harpagon — (obsolete) a grappling hook.
- have got — have, possess
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- hedgehog — an Old World, insect-eating mammal of the genus Erinaceus, especially E. europaeus, having spiny hairs on the back and sides.
- hedgehop — to fly an airplane at a very low altitude, as for spraying crops or for low-level bombing in warfare.
- hedgerow — a row of bushes or trees forming a hedge.
- hegemony — leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
- heigh-ho — used variously to express mild surprise, boredom, disappointment, fatigue, etc., or used as a greeting
- helotage — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- hemogram — a graphic record of the cellular elements of the blood.
- heptagon — a polygon having seven angles and seven sides.
- hexaglot — a book written in six languages
- hexagons — Plural form of hexagon.
- hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hiccough — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- high-low — a game of poker in which both high and low hands are eligible to win, the pot usually being split equally between the player with the highest hand and the player with the lowest hand.
- high-top — denoting a sneaker that covers the ankle.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- highhole — flicker2 .
- highmost — highest
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- highspot — highlight
- hightops — Plural form of hightop.
- hinge on — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- ho gauge — a model railroad gauge of 5/8 inches (16 mm).