8-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- holdable — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdless — (climbing) Without holds (footholds and handholds).
- holdover — a person or thing remaining from a former period.
- hole out — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- hole saw — crown saw.
- holed up — If you are holed up somewhere, you are hiding or staying there, usually so that other people cannot find or disturb you.
- holeless — without a hole or without any holes
- holiness — the quality or state of being holy; sanctity.
- hollande — François (frɑ̃swa). born 1954, French socialist politician, president of France (2012–17)
- hollered — to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- holliger — Heinz (haints). born 1939, Swiss oboist and composer
- hollowed — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- hollower — Comparative form of hollow.
- holocene — recent (def 4).
- holodeck — (science fiction) A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- holsters — Plural form of holster.
- holy joe — a chaplain, especially in the U.S. armed forces.
- holy one — God. Isa. 10:20.
- holy see — Roman Catholic Church. the see of Rome; the office or jurisdiction of the pope.
- holyhead — a seaport on Holy Island in NW Wales.
- holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- homegirl — a girl or woman from the same locality as oneself.
- homeland — one's native land.
- homeless — without a home: a homeless child.
- homelier — Comparative form of homely.
- homelike — like or suggestive of home; familiar; warmly comfortable.
- homelily — in a homely manner
- homilies — Plural form of homily.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honeyful — full of honey
- hoodlike — Resembling a hood.
- hooklike — Resembling a hook.
- hoopless — without any hoops
- hooplike — Resembling a hoop.
- hop pole — a pole, usually wooden, up which hop vines are trained
- hopefull — Archaic form of hopeful.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- hopewell — a city in E Virginia, on the James River.
- hopfield — a field in which hops are grown
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- hornfels — a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- hornless — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.