8-letter words containing n, o, s, h
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- histones — Plural form of histone.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hoastman — a member of a former guild of tradesmen responsible for loading and shipping coal in Newcastle upon Tyne
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- hoedowns — Plural form of hoedown.
- hoisting — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- hokiness — The state or condition of being hoky.
- hokinson — Helen, c1900–49, U.S. cartoonist.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- holiness — the quality or state of being holy; sanctity.
- hollands — John Philip, 1840–1914, Irish inventor in the U.S.
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
- homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
- hominess — comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike: a homey little inn.
- hominids — any member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) and all their immediate ancestors.
- hominins — Plural form of hominin.
- homonyms — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honorees — Plural form of honoree.
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- honorous — Honorable, honourable.
- hooknose — a curved nose; aquiline nose.
- horizons — Plural form of horizon.
- hormones — Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
- horndogs — Plural form of horndog.
- hornfels — a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- 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.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- horsemen — Plural form of horseman.
- hortense — a female given name.
- hosannas — Plural form of hosanna.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- 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.
- hounslow — a borough of Greater London, England.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- housemen — Plural form of houseman.
- housings — Plural form of housing.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- howlings — Plural form of howling.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.