8-letter words containing h, o, r, e
- overarch — to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.
- overfish — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- overhair — the outer coat of an animal
- overhand — thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- overhard — too hard
- overhate — to hate too much
- overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- overhead — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overheap — to supply too much
- overhear — to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge: I accidentally overheard what they were saying.
- overheat — to heat to excess.
- overhent — to overtake
- overhigh — too high
- overhold — to value too highly
- overholy — too holy
- overhope — excessive hope
- overhung — simple past tense and past participle of overhang.
- overhunt — to hunt in an unsustainable manner
- overhype — to promote excessively
- overlush — excessively lush
- overmuch — If something happens overmuch, it happens too much or very much.
- overrash — too rash
- overrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- overshoe — a shoe or boot usually worn over another for protection in wet or cold weather, especially a waterproof outer shoe.
- overshot — driven over the top of, as by water passing over from above.
- overthin — too thin
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- poechore — a dry region
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- porthole — a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
- potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- pre-echo — something that has preceded and anticipated something else; precursor
- prophage — a stable, inherited form of bacteriophage in which the genetic material of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host.
- prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- prophecy — the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
- prophesy — to foretell or predict.
- prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- pyorrhea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- ranchero — a rancher.
- rat-hole — a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.: The first chore in the old building is to plug up the ratholes.
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- reaphook — a sickle
- rebought — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
- rechoose — to choose (something or someone) again