8-letter words containing h, o, a
- mostwhat — most
- mothball — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- muchacho — (in Spanish-speaking regions) a young man.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- nakhodka — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan.
- nanchong — a city in E central Sichuan province, in central China.
- 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.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- noachian — of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- nonhairy — Not hairy.
- nonhappy — (philosophy) Not happy.
- nonhardy — characterized by fragility or incapable of surviving under difficult conditions
- nonhuman — not human.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- northman — one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- not half — Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say 'he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.
- not that — which is not to say or suppose that
- now that — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- oanshagh — a foolish girl or woman
- oathable — having the ability to take an oath or to be believed while on oath
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- ochozath — Ahuzzath.
- ochozias — Ahaziah.
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- odograph — a recording odometer.
- off hand — If you do not know something off hand, you do not know it without having to ask someone else or look it up in a book.
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- 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.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- old hand — a person who is experienced in or familiar with a subject, area, procedure, etc.: The guide you just hired is an old hand at leading safaris.
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- omadhaun — a foolish man or boy
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- 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.
- on earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- on faith — through trust; without proof or evidence
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
- oolachan — eulachon.
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.