4-letter words containing h, o
- hoop — a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- hoor — a whore
- hoot — to cry out or shout, especially in disapproval or derision.
- hope — Anthony, pen name of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins.
- hopi — a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- hops — to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
- hora — a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hori — a Māori
- hork — (computing, slang) To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
- horn — Cape. Cape Horn.
- hort — horticultural
- hos. — Hosea
- hose — a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
- hosp — Hospital.
- hoss — (US, slang, South) A horse.
- host — the bread or wafer consecrated in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- hote — (obsolete) To command; to enjoin.
- hots — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- hott — (nonstandard, slang) alternative spelling of hot.
- hour — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- hove — simple past tense and past participle of heave.
- howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- howf — a haunt, esp a public house
- howk — to dig (out or up)
- howl — to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
- hows — and how!, Informal. certainly! you bet!: Am I happy? And how!
- hoya — any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- hoyt — a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “glee.”.
- hugo — Victor (Marie, Viscount) [vik-ter muh-ree;; French veek-tawr ma-ree] /ˈvɪk tər məˈri;; French vikˈtɔr maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.
- huso — any of a genus of large sturgeons containing two species: Huso huso and Huso dauricus
- hypo — a hypodermic syringe or injection.
- imho — (chat) (From SF fandom via Usenet) In My Humble Opinion. Also seen in variant forms such as IMO, IMNSHO (In My Not-So-Humble Opinion) and IMAO (In My Arrogant Opinion).
- ipoh — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 7980 sq. mi. (20,668 sq. km). Capital: Ipoh.
- jmho — (chat) Just My Humble Opinion.
- john — (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881–1963, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1958–63.
- josh — a male given name, form of Joshua.
- khon — A Thai form of dance with music and narration.
- khor — (in the Middle East) a seasonal or dry watercourse
- koch — Edward I. 1924–2013, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1977–89.
- koha — a gift or donation, esp of cash
- kohl — Helmut [hel-moo t] /ˈhɛl mʊt/ (Show IPA), born 1930, German political leader: chancellor of West Germany (1982–90); chancellor of Germany 1990–98.
- koph — the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- loch — a lake.
- losh — (Scotland) Expressing surprise, wonder etc.
- loth — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- moch — a period of humid, clammy, or muggy weather
- moho — the discontinuity between the crust and the mantle of the earth, occurring at depths that average about 22 miles (35 km) beneath the continents and about 6 miles (10 km) beneath the ocean floor.
- mohr — Alternative form of mhorr.
- mosh — to engage in a form of frenzied, violent dancing; slam-dance.
- moth — any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.