7-letter words containing i, o, u
- hit out — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hokonui — illicit whisky
- hokusai — Katsushika [kah-tsoo-shee-kah] /ˈkɑ tsʊˈʃi kɑ/ (Show IPA), 1760–1849, Japanese painter and illustrator.
- 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.
- hominum — Misspelling of hominem See usage notes at ad hominem; Latin doesn't change spelling by English rules.
- houdini — Harry (Erich Weiss) 1874–1926, U.S. magician.
- housing — a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
- houting — a European whitefish, Coregonus oxyrhynchus, that lives in salt water but spawns in freshwater lakes: a valued food fish
- huizhou — a city in S Guangdong province, in SE China, E of Canton.
- humidor — a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.
- ice-out — the breaking up of ice on lakes and streams during spring thaw.
- iconium — ancient name of Konya.
- igneous — Geology. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
- immuno- — indicating immunity or immune
- impious — not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
- impound — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- inbound — Throw (the ball) from out of bounds, putting it into play.
- inconnu — a person who is unknown; stranger.
- ingroup — (systematics) In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study.
- inhouse — Alternative spelling of in-house.
- inocula — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- inuendo — Obsolete form of innuendo.
- invious — having no paths or roads
- ioduret — iodide
- iquitos — a city in NE Peru, on the upper Amazon.
- iridous — containing trivalent iridium.
- isohume — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points of equal relative humidity.
- jiaozuo — a city in Henan province, E central China.
- jinzhou — a city in S Liaoning province, in NE China.
- jiulong — Kowloon.
- join up — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- jonquil — a narcissus, Narcissus jonquilla, having long, narrow, rushlike leaves and fragrant, yellow or white flowers.
- jubious — Eye dialect dubious.
- judogis — Plural form of judogi.
- judoist — A person who does judo.
- juniors — Plural form of junior.
- kickout — (in basketball) instance of passing the ball back from near the basket
- kikumon — the chrysanthemum emblem of the imperial family of Japan
- kit out — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
- koizumi — Junichiro (ˌjunɪˈkiro). born 1941, Japanese politician; prime minister (2001–06)
- koumiss — A drink made from fermented mare's milk, used also as a medicine by Asian nomads.
- kushiro — a city in SE Hokkaido, Japan.
- leichou — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- leizhou — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- limbous — with slightly overlapping edges
- lineout — (rugby) a set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.
- linocut — a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- linuron — The herbicide N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-methoxy-N-methyl-urea.