8-letter words containing h, a, c, i, o
- conchita — a female given name.
- coolibah — A northern Australian gum tree that typically grows near watercourses and yields strong, hard timber.
- corcaigh — a city and port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Cork, at the mouth of the River Lee: seat of the University College of Cork (1849). Pop: 186 239 (2002)
- diadochi — the six Macedonian generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought for control of his empire in the Wars of the Diadochi (321–281 bc)
- diadochy — the replacement of one element in a crystal by another
- dochmiac — resembling a dochmius in form or structure
- ethanoic — (organic chemistry) IUPAC nomenclature for CH3COO-.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- hachioji — a city on SE Honshu, in Japan, W of Tokyo.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- hexanoic — Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- isochasm — a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- johnniac — (computer) A mainframe computer based on a design by John von Neuman built at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA. The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966. Its memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron" vacuum tubes, each of which held 256 bits of data.
- kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- machismo — a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
- machoism — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- noachian — of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
- ochozias — Ahaziah.
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- orichalc — a yellow alloy derived from gold or copper
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- pachinko — a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
- pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pak-choi — bok choy.
- parochin — a parish
- poaching — the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- thioacid — an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.
- thoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- toiseach — an ancient Celtic nobleman
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trochaic — pertaining to the trochee.