5-letter words containing h, o
- hrolf — Rollo (def 1).
- hullo — (UK) Alternative form of hello (Greeting.).
- humor — hacker humour
- hurok — Sol(omon) 1888–1974, U.S. impresario, born in Russia.
- huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- hydro — Informal. hydroelectric power.
- hylo- — indicating matter (as distinguished from spirit)
- hyoid — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- hypo- — under, beneath, or below
- hypos — Plural form of hypo.
- hyson — a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- ichor — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- idaho — a state in the NW United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Capital: Boise. Abbreviation: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.
- jehol — a region and former province in NE China: incorporated into Manchukuo by the Japanese 1932–45. 74,297 sq. mi. (192,429 sq. km).
- joash — a king of Judah, reigned 837?–800? b.c., successor of Athaliah. II Kings 13:10–13.
- johns — the apostle John, believed to be the author of the fourth Gospel, three Epistles, and the book of Revelation.
- jonah — a Minor Prophet who, for his impiety, was thrown overboard from his ship and swallowed by a large fish, remaining in its belly for three days before being cast up onto the shore unharmed.
- kahlo — Frida [free-duh] /ˈfri də/ (Show IPA), 1907–54, Mexican painter (wife of Diego Rivera).
- khios — Greek name of Chios.
- khoja — a teacher in a Muslim school.
- khond — a member of an outcaste Dravidian people of the state of Odisha in eastern India.
- khoum — A monetary unit of Mauritania, equal to one fifth of an ouguiya.
- kochi — a seaport on central Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- kohai — Junior member of a group in Japanese arts; mentee.
- kohen — Cohen.
- kohls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kohl.
- korah — a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Num. 16.
- kosha — any of the five layers of physical and mental being composing the personal self, Atman being within the innermost layer.
- kotch — to vomit
- kovsh — A Russian ladle or drinking bowl.
- krogh — (Schack) Auguste (Steenberg) [shahk ou-goo st steen-barg] /ˈʃɑk ˈaʊ gʊst ˈstin bærg/ (Show IPA), 1874–1949, Danish physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1920.
- litho — lithography.
- loach — any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- loath — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- loche — the North American burbot.
- lochs — Plural form of loch.
- looch — A medicine taken by licking; a lambative.
- lotah — Alternative spelling of lota (Indian water-pot).
- lough — a lake.
- louhi — a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Vainamoinen.
- louth — a county in Leinster province, in the NE Republic of Ireland. 317 sq. mi. (820 sq. km). County seat: Dunkalk.
- lowth — (UK dialectal, Northern England) Lowness.
- macho — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- mahoe — hau tree.
- mahon — a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- metho — (Australia, colloquial) Methylated spirits.
- mhorr — A large gazelle native to the Sahara desert, Nanger dama, formerly Gazella dama.
- minho — a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- mocha — (initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- moche — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pre-Inca culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru from the 3rd century b.c. to the 7th century a.d. and is especially noted for fine pottery vessels with stirrup spouts, some bearing drawings of all aspects of cultural life.