8-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- leechdom — a remedy
- leghorns — Plural form of leghorn.
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- lekythos — an oil jar having an ellipsoidal body, narrow neck, flanged mouth, curved handle extending from below the lip to the shoulder, and a narrow base terminating in a foot: used chiefly for ointments.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lifehold — Land held by a life estate.
- likehood — (obsolete) likelihood.
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- longhead — a dolichocephalic person.
- loophole — a small or narrow opening, as in a wall, for looking through, for admitting light and air, or, particularly in a fortification, for the discharge of missiles against an enemy outside.
- louchely — in an oblique or shifty manner
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- low tech — low-technology.
- low-tech — low-technology.
- lugholes — Plural form of lughole.
- luncheon — lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
- molehill — a small mound or ridge of earth raised up by a mole or moles burrowing under the ground.
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- motherly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal: motherly solicitude.
- mothlike — Resembling a moth or some aspect of one.
- mulhouse — a city in E France, near the Rhine.
- nephelo- — clouds, cloudy
- newshole — Alternative form of news hole.
- nosehole — A nostril.
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- oathable — having the ability to take an oath or to be believed while on oath
- ochlesis — any disease caused by overcrowding.
- old shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- old-shoe — a person or thing that is comfortably familiar and unpretentious: Uncle Will is a lovable old shoe.
- on-shelf — On-shelf goods are available now and displayed for sale.
- openhole — Openhole describes an uncased (=having no casing or liner) part of a well.
- opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
- othoniel — Othniel.
- overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- overhold — to value too highly
- overholy — too holy
- overlush — excessively lush
- peephole — a small hole or opening through which to peep or look, as in a door.
- pesthole — a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.
- phelloid — having a resemblance to cork
- phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- philemon — an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
- philomel — the nightingale.