8-letter words containing k, o, h
- elkhound — A large hunting dog of a Scandinavian breed with a shaggy gray coat.
- eyehooks — Plural form of eyehook.
- firehook — (dated, historical) a long pole with a hook at the end, used to pull down buildings and roof thatch to suppress a fire.
- fishhook — a hook used in fishing.
- forehock — The hock from the foreleg of a pig.
- forkhead — the head of an arrow
- forthink — to regret or rethink
- funkhole — a dugout
- geekhood — The quality of being a geek; geekiness.
- goshawks — Plural form of goshawk.
- gunkhole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- hack off — sever
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- hackwork — writing, painting, or any professional work done for hire and usually following a formula rather than being motivated by any creative impulse.
- hairwork — the art of producing articles made of hair
- hakafoth — a ceremony on Simhath Torah and on other occasions in which members of a synagogue congregation carry Torah scrolls around the synagogue seven or more times.
- hakodate — a seaport on S Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- halakoth — Halakhah.
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- halolike — resembling a halo.
- hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
- hammocks — Plural form of hammock.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- hassocks — Plural form of hassock.
- hassocky — Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- hawk owl — a gray and white diurnal owl, Surnia ulula, of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, resembling a hawk in appearance and actions.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- haycocks — Plural form of haycock.
- hayforks — Plural form of hayfork.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
- hemlocks — Plural form of hemlock.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- herdbook — A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
- herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- hike out — to lean backwards over the side of a light sailing boat in order to carry the centre of gravity as far to windward as possible to reduce heeling
- hillfolk — the inhabitants of a hill or hills
- hillocks — Plural form of hillock.
- hillocky — Resembling a hillock.
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- hockshop — a pawnshop.
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- hoe-cake — an unleavened cake made with flour or corn meal: originally baked on a hoe but now usually cooked on a griddle.
- hoecakes — Plural form of hoecake.