8-letter words containing h, o, m, e
- ethnonym — The name of an ethnic group.
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- exotherm — (chemistry) Any exothermic compound.
- fathomed — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- gemshorn — a type of horn with carved tone holes, traditionally made from the horn of the chamois
- geotherm — a line or surface within or on the earth connecting points of equal temperature
- gumshoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gumshoe.
- gumshoes — Plural form of gumshoe.
- gym shoe — a lightweight canvas shoe with a rubber sole; sneaker.
- haemato- — indicating blood
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
- handsome — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- headmost — most advanced; foremost.
- headroom — Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- hebdomad — the number seven.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- hedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
- hegemony — leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
- heirloom — a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- hematoma — a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- hemiopia — hemianopsia.
- hemipode — button quail.
- 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.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- hemogram — a graphic record of the cellular elements of the blood.
- hemolyze — to subject (red blood cells) to hemolysis.
- hemostat — an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- hepatoma — a tumor of the liver.
- herefrom — (archaic) henceforth, from now on.
- hermione — the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
- hexomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of six squares.
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.
- 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.
- home box — (jargon, computer) A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, *my* home box runs a full 4.2BSD, so there!"
- home boy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- home key — See under home row.
- home row — (in touch typing) the row on a typewriter or computer keyboard that contains the keys (home keys) to which four fingers of each hand return as a base, on a QWERTY keyboard being A, S, D, and F for the left hand and J, K, L, and the semicolon for the right.
- home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
- homebird — a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away
- homebody — a person who prefers pleasures and activities that center around the home; stay-at-home.
- homeborn — That which is born in a given place, native, indigenous.
- homeboys — Plural form of homeboy.
- homebred — bred or raised at home; native; indigenous; domestic.
- homebrew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.