7-letter words containing h, u
- holguin — a city in NE Cuba.
- holibut — halibut.
- holmium — a rare-earth, trivalent element found in gadolinite. Symbol: Ho; atomic weight: 164.930; atomic number: 67.
- homburg — a man's felt hat with a soft crown dented lengthwise and a slightly rolled brim.
- homerun — Alternative form of home run.
- hominum — Misspelling of hominem See usage notes at ad hominem; Latin doesn't change spelling by English rules.
- hong-wu — title of Chu Yuan-Zhang (or Chu Yüan-Chang), 1328–98, first emperor (1368–98) of the Ming dynasty, uniting China under his rule by 1382
- honnour — Obsolete form of honor.
- honours — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- hoodlum — a thug or gangster.
- hook up — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- hook-up — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- hookups — Plural form of hookup.
- hopeful — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- hornful — the amount a horn will hold
- hot tub — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
- hotspur — Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- houbara — a bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, of northern Africa and western Asia, having long black and white plumes on each side of the neck.
- houdini — Harry (Erich Weiss) 1874–1926, U.S. magician.
- houghed — Scot. hock1 (defs 1, 2).
- houmous — Houmous is a smooth food made from chick peas which people usually eat with bread or vegetables.
- hounded — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- houndly — Of, like, or characteristic of hounds or dogs; doglike; dogly; canine.
- houngan — a voodoo priest
- housing — a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
- housman — A(lfred) E(dward) 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar.
- houssay — Bernardo Alberto [ber-nahr-th aw ahl-ver-taw] /bɛrˈnɑr ðɔ ɑlˈvɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Argentine physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
- houting — a European whitefish, Coregonus oxyrhynchus, that lives in salt water but spawns in freshwater lakes: a valued food fish
- hsuchou — a city in N Jiangsu province, in E China.
- hu shih — 1891–1962, Chinese scholar and diplomat.
- huainan — a city in central Anhui province, in E China.
- huanuco — a city in central Peru.
- huascar — 1495?–1533, Inca prince of Peru (half brother of Atahualpa; son of Huayna Capac).
- huastec — a member of an Indian people of Mexico.
- hub-bub — a loud, confused noise, as of many voices: There was quite a hubbub in the auditorium after the announcement.
- hubbard — Elbert Green, 1856–1915, U.S. author, editor, and printer.
- hubbell — Carl Owen ("King Carl"; "The Meal Ticket") 1903–88, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- hubbies — husband.
- hubbing — the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
- hubbubs — Plural form of hubbub.
- hubcaps — Plural form of hubcap.
- huckery — ugly
- huddled — to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
- huddler — One who huddles.
- huddles — Plural form of huddle.
- hueless — a gradation or variety of a color; tint: pale hues.
- huffily — easily offended; touchy.
- huffing — a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment: Just because you disagree, don't walk off in a huff.
- huffish — peevish; irritable.