8-letter words containing h, a, k, o
- holm oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus ilex, of southern Europe, having foliage resembling that of the holly.
- holy ark — a cabinet in a synagogue set into or against the wall that faces eastward toward Jerusalem, for keeping the scrolls of the Torah.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- hookload — The hookload is the total force pulling down on the hook (= a high-capacity J-shaped piece of equipment).
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- horokaka — a New Zealand low-growing plant, Disphyma australe with fleshy leaves and pink or white flowers
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hot take — a superficially researched and hastily written journalistic piece, online post, etc., that presents opinions as facts and is often moralistic: a hot take on healthcare reform.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- kalathos — a fruit basket having a conventionalized shape of a lily, often used in ancient art as a symbol of fertility.
- kazachoc — a traditional Cossack dance
- kazachok — a lively, Slavic folk dance for a solo male dancer, marked especially by the prisiadka.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- khartoum — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- khaskovo — a city in S Bulgaria.
- 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.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- koolhaas — Rem. born 1944, Dutch architect and theorist, co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (1975); buildings include the Grand Palais and associated developments in Lille, France (1989–96); books include S, M, L, XL (1996)
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- lathwork — work made of laths
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- makhlouf — Saint Sharbel [shahr-buh l] /ˈʃɑr bəl/ (Show IPA), 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.
- markhoor — markhor.
- markhors — Plural form of markhor.
- meathook — A sharp metal hook of a kind used to hang meat carcasses.
- nakhodka — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- oklahoma — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- outthank — to outdo in thanking
- 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.
- pak-choi — bok choy.
- reaphook — a sickle
- sakharov — Andrei (Dmitrievich) [ahn-drey di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian uhn-dryey dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /ˈɑn dreɪ dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈdryeɪ ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1921–1989, Russian nuclear physicist and human-rights advocate: Nobel Peace Prize 1975.
- shaddock — pomelo.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- thankyou — If you refer to something as a thankyou for what someone has done for you, you mean that it is intended as a way of thanking them.