8-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- gunkhole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- halazone — a white crystalline powder, C 7 H 5 Cl 2 NO 4 S, having a strong chlorinelike odor, used to disinfect water.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- hallooed — Simple past tense and past participle of halloo.
- hallowed — regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- halolike — resembling a halo.
- halosere — a plant community that originates and develops in conditions of high salinity
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- hazleton — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- hectorly — in the manner of a hector
- heelpost — a post made to withstand strain, forming or fitted to the end of something, as the post on which a gate or door is hinged.
- heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
- heirloom — a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
- helicoid — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- helicopt — to fly or transport using a helicopter
- heliodor — a clear yellow variety of beryl used as a gemstone.
- heliosis — the effect of overexposure to the sun
- heliport — a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
- helistop — a heliport.
- hellhole — a place totally lacking in comfort, cleanliness, order, etc.
- hellions — Plural form of hellion.
- helotage — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- help out — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.
- hemlocks — Plural form of hemlock.
- hemocoel — a series of interconnected spaces between tissues and organs through which blood flows freely, unconfined by veins or arteries, occurring in several invertebrate groups, especially mollusks and arthropods.
- hemolyze — to subject (red blood cells) to hemolysis.
- henslowe — Philip, died 1616, English theater manager.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
- hexafoil — a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon
- hexaglot — a book written in six languages
- hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hexapole — (physics) Anything having six poles or electrodes.
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.
- highhole — flicker2 .
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hoccleve — Thomas, 1370–1450, English poet.
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- hog fuel — wood chips or shavings, residue from sawmills, etc., used for fuel, landfill, animal feed, and surfacing paths and running tracks.
- hoggerel — a sheep in its second or third year
- hold 'em — a form of poker in which each player is dealt two cards face down and then makes the best five-card hand by combining these with three of five communal cards that are dealt to the center of the table.