8-letter words containing h, a, n, o
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- 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.
- snapshot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- staghorn — a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- taizhong — Taichung.
- thanato- — death
- thanatos — an ancient Greek personification of death.
- thanedom — something that belongs to or lies within the jurisdiction of a thane
- 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.
- thionate — any salt or ester of thionic acid
- thongage — an additional charge made at a restaurant to a patron wearing thongs (flip-flops)
- thousand — a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
- tithonia — any of several tall composite plants of the genus Tithonia, native to Mexico and Central America, having yellow or orange-red ray flowers.
- tongshan — former name of Xuzhou.
- top hand — a person who is highly skilled in some activity, esp a ranch worker
- topkhana — a building where artillery, ammunition, etc., are made, repaired, and stored.
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- townhall — a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.
- unanchor — to remove or loose from anchor
- unhallow — to desecrate; profane.
- unshadow — to remove a shadow from
- vamphorn — a megaphone in use during the 18th and early 19th centuries for public address in church services.
- van gogh — Vincent [vin-suh nt;; Dutch vin-sent] /ˈvɪn sənt;; Dutch vɪnˈsɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1853–90, Dutch painter.
- wahpeton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- waldhorn — an organ reed stop
- wanworth — an inexpensive purchase
- washdown — the act or process of washing down, as in cleaning something completely.
- whatnots — Plural form of whatnot.
- womanish — womanlike or feminine.
- xanthoma — a yellow papule or nodule in the skin, containing lipid deposits.
- xanthone — (organic compound) An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide.
- xanthous — yellow.
- xenophya — parts of a shell or skeleton formed by foreign bodies
- yangshao — of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–3000 b.c., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.
- yangzhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- zamenhof — Lazarus Ludwig (laˈzarus ˈludvik). 1859–1917, Polish oculist; invented Esperanto