6-letter words containing n, o
- hooton — Earnest Albert [ur-nist] /ˈɜr nɪst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1954, U.S. anthropologist and writer.
- hooven — Affected with the disease called hoove.
- hop on — jump on, board a vehicle
- hoping — the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
- horgan — Paul, 1903–95, U.S. novelist and historian.
- hornby — Nick. born 1958, British writer; his books include the memoir Fever Pitch (1992; filmed 1997) and the bestselling novels About a Boy (1998; filmed 2002), How To Be Good (2001), and Juliet, Naked (2009)
- horned — made of horn.
- horner — 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.
- hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- horney — Karen, 1885–1952, U.S. psychiatrist and author, born in Germany.
- hornie — Satan.
- horton — a river in the N Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to Franklin Bay on the Beaufort Sea. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- hosein — Hussein (def 1).
- hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
- hot on — very severe
- hotien — Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- houdan — one of a French breed of chickens having a V -shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or black plumage.
- houdon — Jean Antoine [zhahn ahn-twan] /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1741–1828, French sculptor.
- hounds — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- hoving — Present participle of hove.
- hoyden — a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- hoying — Present participle of hoy.
- hrozny — Friedrich [German free-drikh] /German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), or Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1879–1952, Czech archaeologist and orientalist.
- hudson — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- huston — John, 1906–87, U.S. film director and writer.
- hutong — A narrow lane or alleyway in a traditional residential area of a Chinese city, especially Beijing.
- hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- hydron — (chemistry) any hydrogen cation.
- hypno- — indicating sleep
- hypnos — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hyzone — triatomic hydrogen, H 3 .
- i know — I am already aware
- ichno- — track, footprint, trace
- iconic — of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- icono- — indicating an image or likeness
- if not — if this is not the case
- ignaro — an ignoramus
- ignomy — Obsolete spelling of ignominy.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- ignote — (obsolete) unknown.
- ikonic — Alternative form of iconic.
- ilorin — a town in W central Nigeria.
- imino- — of or containing the divalent radical NH united to alkyl or other nonacidic radicals
- imnsho — IMHO
- imogen — a female given name.
- impone — to wager; stake.
- in for — about to endure
- in one — You can use in one to indicate that something is a single unit, but is made up of several different parts or has several different functions.
- in tow — to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device: The car was towed to the service station.
- in two — into halves