8-letter words containing n, o, h
- hum tone — a note produced by a bell when struck, lying an octave or (in many English bells) a sixth or seventh below the strike tone
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- hunt box — a hunting lodge or house near or in a hunting area for use during the hunting season.
- hunt out — track down, locate
- hurcheon — a hedgehog.
- hwang ho — Older Spelling. Huang He.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- hydronic — of or relating to a heating system for a building in which the medium for carrying heat throughout the structure is circulating water, especially when the circulation is aided by a pump.
- hymnbook — (British) A book containing a collection of hymns.
- hyoidean — 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.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hypnoses — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
- hypnotee — a person being hypnotized
- hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hypogene — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypogyny — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hyponyms — Plural form of hyponym.
- hyponymy — the state or quality of being a hyponym, a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: A relationship of hyponymy exists between “dog” and “animal.”.
- hypopnea — abnormally shallow and slow breathing.
- hypopyon — an effusion of pus into the anterior chamber of the eye.
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- in holes — so worn as to be full of holes
- in short — having little length; not long.
- in sooth — in truth; truly
- in touch — If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
- in-house — company: internal
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inchworm — measuringworm.
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- infotech — Information technology.
- ingrowth — growth inward.
- inhesion — the state or fact of inhering; inherence.
- inholder — An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
- inkhorns — Plural form of inkhorn.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- inthrone — enthrone.
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- iphition — (in the Iliad) a Trojan warrior slain by Achilles.
- iserlohn — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia,W Germany.
- isochron — A line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.