7-letter words containing o, h, i, n
- gronchi — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1887–1978, Italian statesman: president 1955–62.
- hainous — Obsolete spelling of heinous.
- hallion — a disreputable or useless lout
- haloing — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- hedonic — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- heinous — hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
- helicon — a mountain in S central Greece. 5738 feet (1749 meters): regarded by ancient Greeks as the abode of Apollo and the Muses.
- hellion — a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
- henotic — serving to reconcile; promoting peace
- heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- hesione — daughter of King Laomedon, rescued by Hercules from a sea monster
- high on — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- hipbone — innominate bone.
- hispano — Hispanic
- histone — any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- hoatzin — a blue-faced, crested bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, of the Amazon and Orinoco forests, having as a nestling a large, temporary claw on the second and third digits of the forelimb, for climbing among the tree branches.
- hoaxing — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- hobbing — a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- hobnail — a large-headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes.
- hocking — the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock.
- hodding — Present participle of hod.
- hodgkin — Sir Alan Lloyd, 1914–1998, English biophysicist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- hogging — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- hoidens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoiden.
- hokiang — Older Spelling. Hejiang.
- hokonui — illicit whisky
- holbein — Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), ("the elder") 1465?–1524, German painter.
- hold in — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holding — an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip: Take hold. Do you have a hold on the rope?
- holguin — a city in NE Cuba.
- holking — Present participle of holk.
- home in — move towards a target, etc.
- hominid — 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.
- hominin — any member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and all their immediate ancestors, specifically species more closely related to modern humans than to chimpanzees.
- hominum — Misspelling of hominem See usage notes at ad hominem; Latin doesn't change spelling by English rules.
- homonid — 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.
- honiara — (used with a plural verb) an archipelago in the W Pacific Ocean, E of New Guinea; important World War II battles; politically divided between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
- honiton — a type of lace with a floral sprig pattern
- honking — the cry of a goose.
- hooding — Present participle of hood.
- hoofing — the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
- hooking — Present participle of hook.
- hooning — Present participle of hoon.
- hooping — Present participle of hoop.
- hooting — to cry out or shout, especially in disapproval or derision.
- hopbind — the stalk or vine on which hops grow
- hopkins — Anthony, born 1937, English actor, born in Wales.
- hopping — working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
- hopvine — the twining stem of the hop plant.
- hordein — a simple protein of the prolamin class, found in barley grain.