8-letter words containing h, a, p, o
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hospodar — a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hotplate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- huapango — a fast, rhythmic dance of Mexico, performed by couples.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hypopnea — abnormally shallow and slow breathing.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- 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.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- malaphor — (rare neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- nonhappy — (philosophy) Not happy.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- odograph — a recording odometer.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- omphalo- — navel, umbilicus
- omphalos — the navel; umbilicus.
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- orphaned — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- overheap — to supply too much
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- 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.
- pagehood — the office of, or state of being, a page
- pahoehoe — basaltic lava having a smooth or billowy surface.
- pak-choi — bok choy.
- pancheon — a wide, shallow bowl, originally used for making bread or separating cream
- pansophy — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- pantheon — a national monument in Paris, France, used as a sepulcher for eminent French persons, begun in 1764 by Soufflot as the church of Ste. Geneviève and secularized in 1885.
- parachor — a scientific quantity defined by a formula involving surface tension, mass, and density