8-letter words containing h, o, l, i
- horridly — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- hoselike — resembling a hose
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hostiles — Plural form of hostile.
- hot lick — lick (def 11).
- hot line — a direct telecommunications link, as a telephone line or Teletype circuit, enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis: the hot line between Washington and Moscow.
- hot link — a link between two files, as between a spreadsheet and a document, such that a change in one effects a change in the other.
- hotelier — a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.
- hotliner — a person who speaks to callers on a telephone hot line.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- hotlists — Plural form of hotlist.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- howlings — Plural form of howling.
- humicole — any plant that thrives on humus
- in holes — so worn as to be full of holes
- inholder — An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- iserlohn — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia,W Germany.
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- kienholz — Edward, 1927–1994, U.S. painter.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- 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.
- lopolith — a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- lothario — (sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- lowlight — A particularly disappointing or dull event or feature.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- millimho — one thousandth of a mho
- milliohm — one thousandth of an ohm
- modishly — In a modish manner.