8-letter words containing i, o, a
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- godavari — a river flowing SE from W India to the Bay of Bengal. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- goddamit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- gorillas — Plural form of gorilla.
- gracioso — a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graffito — Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grattoir — a flaked stone implement, usually Upper Paleolithic, retouched at the end and used probably for working wood or cleaning hides; scraper.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- grazioso — graceful; flowing.
- groaning — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- guaiacol — a slightly yellowish, aromatic, crystalline substance, C 7 H 8 O 2 , resembling creosote and usually obtained from guaiacum resin: used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant and local anesthetic.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- hachioji — a city on SE Honshu, in Japan, W of Tokyo.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hailshot — small pellets of ammunition resembling hail when it is discharged and broadcast in all directions
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- hair oil — hairstyling product
- hairwork — the art of producing articles made of hair
- hairworm — any small, slender worm of the family Trichostrongylidae, parasitic in the alimentary canals of various animals.
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- halloumi — a salty cheese originating in Cyprus and made from sheep’s or goat’s milk: often grilled or fried because it melts very slowly.
- halolike — resembling a halo.
- halophil — Halobacterium.
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- handiron — andiron.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- haplopia — normal vision (opposed to diplopia).
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- harmonia — the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.
- hemiopia — hemianopsia.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.