8-letter words containing h, o, s, e, a
- headshot — a photograph of someone's face, especially a promotional photograph of a model, actor, or author.
- heatspot — a spot on the skin or other surface produced by heat
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.
- hemostat — an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hexagons — Plural form of hexagon.
- hexapods — Plural form of hexapod.
- hexosans — Plural form of hexosan.
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- hoecakes — Plural form of hoecake.
- hogshead — a large cask, especially one containing from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters).
- hole saw — crown saw.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- horseway — a bridleway
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostages — Plural form of hostage.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hot seat — electric chair.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- hotheads — Plural form of hothead.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- johannes — a gold coin formerly used as currency in Portugal, first issued in the early 18th century.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- overrash — too rash
- overwash — the act of washing over something
- pathoses — a diseased condition.
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- 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.
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.