7-letter words containing o, a, s
- hoarser — Comparative form of hoarse.
- hoaxers — Plural form of hoaxer.
- hogwash — refuse given to hogs; swill.
- hokusai — Katsushika [kah-tsoo-shee-kah] /ˈkɑ tsʊˈʃi kɑ/ (Show IPA), 1760–1849, Japanese painter and illustrator.
- homages — Plural form of homage.
- hookahs — Plural form of hookah.
- hoorays — Plural form of hooray.
- hopsack — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hosanna — a cry of “hosanna.”.
- hosebag — (slang) An undesirable, boorish, unintelligent, or objectionable person; often used in jest; a hoser.
- hoseman — a fireman
- hostage — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hotwash — Discussions and evaluations of an agency's (or multiple agencies') performance following an exercise, training session, or major event.
- housman — A(lfred) E(dward) 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar.
- houssay — Bernardo Alberto [ber-nahr-th aw ahl-ver-taw] /bɛrˈnɑr ðɔ ɑlˈvɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Argentine physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- howdahs — Plural form of howdah.
- impasto — the laying on of paint thickly.
- inroads — a damaging or serious encroachment: inroads on our savings.
- insofar — to such an extent (usually followed by as): I will do the work insofar as I am able.
- iobates — a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- iodates — Plural form of iodate.
- isadora — a female given name: derived from Isidor.
- isadore — a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- isagoge — an introduction, especially a scholarly introduction to a field of study or research.
- isidora — a female given name.
- isoamyl — containing the isoamyl group; isopentyl.
- isobare — Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- isobars — Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- isobase — a line on a chart or map that connects points of equal land upheaval
- isobath — an imaginary line or one drawn on a map connecting all points of equal depth below the surface of a body of water.
- isocola — a figure of speech or sentence having a parallel structure formed by the use of two or more clauses, or cola, of similar length, as “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”.
- isocrat — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isogamy — the fusion of two gametes of similar form, as in certain algae.
- isogram — a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- isolani — (chess) A pawn on the d file with no pawns of the same colour on the adjacent c and e file; an isolated queen pawn.
- isolate — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- isolato — a person who is spiritually isolated from or out of sympathy with his or her times or society.
- isolead — a curved line on a ballistic graph that is used to calculate the trajectory required in order to hit a moving target
- isopach — a line drawn on a map connecting all points of equal thickness of a particular geologic formation.
- isotach — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- jackson — a state in the S United States. 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km). Capital: Jackson. Abbreviation: MS (for use with zip code), Miss.
- jacobus — a former gold coin of England issued by James I.
- jalisco — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
- jalouse — (Scotland) To suspect.
- jameson — Sir Leander Starr [stahr] /stɑr/ (Show IPA), ("Doctor Jameson") 1853–1917, Scottish physician and statesman: colonial administrator in South Africa.
- jamison — Judith, born 1943, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- jargons — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jerboas — Plural form of jerboa.
- joannes — johannes.