8-letter words containing h, a, n, o
- coranach — Alternative form of coronach.
- coronach — a dirge or lamentation for the dead
- couchant — in a lying position
- cowhands — Plural form of cowhand.
- diaphone — the set of all realizations of a given phoneme in a language
- diaphony — a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
- diphonia — diplophonia.
- dockhand — a dockworker.
- dohnanyi — Ernst von [ernst fuh n] /ɛrnst fən/ (Show IPA), or Ernő [er-nœ] /ˈɛr nœ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1960, Hungarian pianist and composer in the U.S.
- dong hai — East China Sea.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
- earphone — a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- esthonia — Estonia
- ethanoic — (organic chemistry) IUPAC nomenclature for CH3COO-.
- ethanoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- eulachon — A small edible fish of North America, Thaleichthys pacificus; the candlefish.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- fantoosh — pretentious; ostentatious
- fashions — Plural form of fashion.
- fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
- flash on — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- gnathion — Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- groaneth — Archaic third-person singular form of groan.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hagueton — acton.
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- halazone — a white crystalline powder, C 7 H 5 Cl 2 NO 4 S, having a strong chlorinelike odor, used to disinfect water.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- 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.
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- hand job — an act of masturbation.
- hand log — chip log.
- 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 out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-job — an act of masturbation.
- 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.
- hand-out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.