8-letter words containing n, o, r
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- hornbill — any large bird of the family Bucerotidae, of the Old World tropics, characterized by a very large bill usually surmounted by a horny protuberance.
- hornbook — a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read.
- horndogs — Plural form of horndog.
- hornfels — a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- hornists — Plural form of hornist.
- hornless — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- hornpout — horned pout.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- hornwork — A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
- hornworm — the larva of any of several hawk moths, having a hornlike process at the rear of the abdomen.
- hornwort — any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum, found in ponds and slow streams.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- horsemen — Plural form of horseman.
- hortense — a female given name.
- hortulan — (obsolete) Belonging to a garden.
- hotliner — a person who speaks to callers on a telephone hot line.
- hounders — 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.
- hourlong — lasting an hour: an hourlong interview.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- hurcheon — a hedgehog.
- 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.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- i wonder — You can say 'I wonder' if you want to be very polite when you are asking someone to do something, or when you are asking them for their opinion or for information.
- ignitron — a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- ignorers — Plural form of ignorer.
- ignoring — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- in a row — lined up
- in color — image: full colour
- in error — by mistake
- in favor — in agreement
- in force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- in front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- in irons — wearing shackles
- in order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- in power — in authority
- in short — having little length; not long.
- in sport — in joke or jest; not in earnest
- in store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- in utero — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.