8-letter words containing h, a, o, r
- hordeola — sty2 .
- hormonal — Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
- horn-mad — furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- horokaka — a New Zealand low-growing plant, Disphyma australe with fleshy leaves and pink or white flowers
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- horseway — a bridleway
- hortulan — (obsolete) Belonging to a garden.
- hospodar — a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
- hot tear — a crack formed in hot metal during cooling, caused by an improper pouring temperature or undue restraint.
- hot-draw — Metalworking. to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.
- hovawart — a medium-sized strongly-built dog of a breed with a long thick coat, a thick tuft of hair round the neck, and a long bushy tail
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- how far? — to what extent, distance, or degree?
- huaquero — the Spanish name for a tomb or grave robber
- huaracho — huarache.
- hydrator — something that hydrates.
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydrozoa — (biology) a large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- jatropha — Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- khartoum — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- lanthorn — lantern.
- larouche — Lyndon H., Jr. born 1922, U.S. economist and politician.
- larrocha — Alicia de [ah-lee-thyah th e,, -syah] /ɑˈli θyɑ ðɛ,, -syɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2009, Spanish concert pianist.
- lathwork — work made of laths
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- lothario — (sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- mahzorim — Plural form of mahzor.
- malaphor — (rare neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
- man-hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- maranhao — a state in NE Brazil. 125,312 sq. mi. (324,560 sq. km). Capital: São Luiz.
- marathon — a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c.