7-letter words containing h, o, n
- hang to — to hold or clutch tenaciously
- hang-on — something easily attached to or mounted on another surface or object, as a turbocharger or transceiver in an automobile, a unit suspendable from shelving, or a portable soap dish.
- hangdog — browbeaten; defeated; intimidated; abject: He always went about with a hangdog look.
- hangout — a place where a person frequently visits, especially for socializing or recreation.
- hanover — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- hansoms — Plural form of hansom.
- haplont — the haploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- harbona — one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- hard on — an erection of the penis.
- hard-on — an erection of the penis.
- harmony — agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
- harp on — a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- harpoon — a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- have on — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- head on — (of two objects) meeting with the fronts or heads foremost: a head-on collision.
- head-on — (of two objects) meeting with the fronts or heads foremost: a head-on collision.
- hebenon — (in Shakespeare's Hamlet) a type of poison
- hedonic — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- hegemon — a person, nation, etc., that has or exercises hegemony.
- heinous — hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
- helicon — a mountain in S central Greece. 5738 feet (1749 meters): regarded by ancient Greeks as the abode of Apollo and the Muses.
- hellion — a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
- helmont — Jan Baptista van [yahn bahp tis-tah-vahn] /yɑn bɑp ˈtɪs tɑ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1579–1644, Flemish chemist and physician.
- hencoop — a large cage or coop for housing poultry.
- hengelo — a city in the E Netherlands.
- henotic — serving to reconcile; promoting peace
- hentoff — Nat(han Irving) born 1925, U.S. writer and critic.
- herndon — William Henry, 1818–91, U.S. law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln.
- heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- heronry — a place where a colony of herons breeds.
- hesione — daughter of King Laomedon, rescued by Hercules from a sea monster
- hexagon — a polygon having six angles and six sides.
- hexosan — any of a group of hemicelluloses that hydrolyze to hexoses.
- high on — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- hipbone — innominate bone.
- hispano — Hispanic
- histone — any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- hoarsen — (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hoarse.
- hoatzin — a blue-faced, crested bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, of the Amazon and Orinoco forests, having as a nestling a large, temporary claw on the second and third digits of the forelimb, for climbing among the tree branches.
- hoaxing — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- hobbing — a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- hobnail — a large-headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes.
- hobnobs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hobnob.
- hoboken — a seaport in NE New Jersey, opposite New York City.
- hocking — the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock.
- hockney — David, born 1937, British artist.
- hodding — Present participle of hod.
- hodgkin — Sir Alan Lloyd, 1914–1998, English biophysicist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- hoedown — a community dancing party typically featuring folk and square dances accompanied by lively hillbilly tunes played on the fiddle.
- hoffman — Malvina [mal-vee-nuh] /mælˈvi nə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1966, U.S. sculptor.