8-letter words containing h, o, a
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- road hog — a driver who obstructs traffic by occupying parts of two lanes.
- roadshow — travelling entertainment
- rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- rondache — a small, round shield
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- roth ira — A Roth IRA is a kind of retirement account where contributions are made with taxed money, and distributions are tax-free.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- roughage — rough or coarse material.
- sakharov — Andrei (Dmitrievich) [ahn-drey di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian uhn-dryey dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /ˈɑn dreɪ dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈdryeɪ ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1921–1989, Russian nuclear physicist and human-rights advocate: Nobel Peace Prize 1975.
- sandshoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sargodha — a city in NE Pakistan.
- sawhorse — a movable frame or trestle for supporting wood being sawed.
- sawtooth — one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- schawlow — Arthur Leonard, 1921–99, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1981.
- seahorse — small horse-like fish
- seahound — a dogfish
- seashore — land along the sea or ocean.
- sequoyah — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- shaddock — pomelo.
- shadowed — of or relating to a shadow cabinet.
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shagroon — a nineteenth-century Australian settler in Canterbury
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shalloon — a light, twilled woolen fabric used chiefly for linings.
- shallows — The shallows are the shallow part of an area of water.
- shame on — shame should be felt by; this is shameful of
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- shandong — a maritime province in E China. 59,189 sq. mi. (153,299 sq. km). Capital: Jinan.
- shaoxing — a city in NE Zhejiang province, in E China.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- shavuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- she-goat — a female goat
- shedload — a very large amount or number
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shoelace — a string or lace for fastening a shoe.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shoot at — fire a weapon towards
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.