8-letter words containing h, o, i
- isophote — a line on a diagram or image of a galaxy, nebula, or other celestial object joining points of equal surface brightness
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- isothere — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- isotherm — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- jehoiada — a priest of Judah who led the revolt against Athalia. II Kings 11:1–16.
- jehovist — Yahwist.
- jiaozhou — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- jingoish — Jingoistic.
- jodhpuri — of or relating to Jodhpur or its inhabitants
- john iii — (Catelinus) died a.d. 574, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 561–574.
- john vii — died a.d. 707, Greek ecclesiastic: pope 705–707.
- john xii — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- john xiv — died a.d. 984, pope 983–984.
- john xix — died 1032, pope 1024–32.
- john xxi — (Petrus Hispanus) died 1277, Portuguese ecclesiastic: pope 1276–77.
- johnniac — (computer) A mainframe computer based on a design by John von Neuman built at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA. The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966. Its memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron" vacuum tubes, each of which held 256 bits of data.
- johnnies — Plural form of johnny.
- joseph i — 1678–1711, king of Hungary 1687–1711; king of Germany 1690–1711; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1705–11 (son of Leopold I).
- khoikhoi — a member of a pastoral people, physically and linguistically akin to the San, who inhabited Cape Province, South Africa, in the 17th century and now live mainly in Namibia.
- khomeini — Ayatollah Ruhollah [roo-hoh-luh;; Persian roo-haw-lah] /ruˈhoʊ lə;; Persian ˌru hɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1900?–89, Islamic leader of Iran 1979–89.
- kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- kienholz — Edward, 1927–1994, U.S. painter.
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- kinghood — the state of being king; kingship.
- kohinoor — an Indian diamond weighing 106 carats; now part of the British crown jewels.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- korchnoi — Victor. 1931–2016, Soviet-born chess player: Soviet champion 1960, 1962, and 1964: defected to the West in 1976
- kuroshio — Japan Current.
- kweichow — Guizhou.
- kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- laoighis — a county in Leinster, in the central Republic of Ireland. 623 sq. mi. (1615 sq. km). County seat: Port Laoighise.
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- lifehold — Land held by a life estate.
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- likehood — (obsolete) likelihood.
- lionfish — a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, especially P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins.
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- lionship — The state of being a lion, or famous person in society.
- lithosol — a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- log ship — log chip.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.