8-letter words containing h, o, i
- trichord — a musical instrument with three strings
- trimorph — a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
- trip-hop — a type of British electronic dance music of the 1990s, influenced by drug culture
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- trochaic — pertaining to the trochee.
- trochite — an individual section of the stalk of a fossil crinoid, resembling a small wheel
- trochoid — Geometry. a curve traced by a point on a radius or an extension of the radius of a circle that rolls, without slipping, on a curve, another circle, or a straight line. Equation: x = aθ − b sin θ, y = a − b cos θ.
- trophied — adorned with trophies.
- umeboshi — a salty and tart Japanese condiment made from unripened plums pickled in a brine.
- unbishop — to remove (someone) from the position of bishop
- unheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- unholily — in an unholy manner
- unmodish — passé, unfashionable
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- urushiol — a toxic, liquid, catechol derivative, the active irritant principle in several species of the plant genus Rhus, as in poison ivy.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- vigorish — a charge paid on a bet, as to a bookie.
- visigoth — a member of the westerly division of the Goths, which formed a monarchy about a.d. 418, maintaining it in southern France until 507 and in Spain until 711.
- vouching — to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
- weigh on — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- whakairo — the art of carving
- whip out — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whip-out — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whipcord — a cotton, woolen, or worsted fabric with a steep, diagonally ribbed surface.
- whipworm — any of several parasitic nematodes of the genus Trichuris, having a long, slender, whiplike anterior end.
- whiteboy — (UK, US, slang, mildly, pejorative) A young Caucasian male.
- whiteout — Meteorology. a condition, found in polar regions, in which uniform illumination from snow on the ground and from a low cloud layer makes features of the landscape indistinguishable. a condition of heavily falling or blowing snow in which visibility is very poor.
- whitepot — a type of custard or milk pudding traditionally baked in a pot
- whitlows — Plural form of whitlow.
- whodunit — a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- wholphin — the hybrid offspring of a whale and a dolphin
- whomping — Present participle of whomp.
- whooping — Present participle of whoop.
- whoopsie — (British, childish) A piece of excrement.
- whoosies — whoosis.
- whopping — very large of its kind; thumping: We caught four whopping trout.
- wifehood — the state of being a wife.
- wild hog — variety of pig: boar
- windhoek — a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
- wineshop — a shop where wine is sold.
- winthrop — John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
- wishbone — a forked bone, formed by the fusion of the two clavicles, in front of the breastbone in most birds; furcula.
- witherod — a N American deciduous shrub, Viburnum nudum, of the honeysuckle family
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- withoute — Archaic spelling of without.
- wolffish — any large fish of the genus Anarhichas, as A. lupus of the northern Atlantic, allied to the blenny and noted for its ferocious appearance and habits.
- womanish — womanlike or feminine.
- woodchip — a small chip of wood, especially one that flakes off when felling a tree or splitting a log.
- woolwich — a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Greenwich and Newham: royal military academy and arsenal.
- wooshing — Present participle of woosh.