8-letter words containing o, h, r, i
- firehook — (dated, historical) a long pole with a hook at the end, used to pull down buildings and roof thatch to suppress a fire.
- firehose — Alternative spelling of fire hose.
- fishworm — an earthworm.
- flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- for hire — available for rental
- foreship — the prow or forepart of a ship
- forewish — (transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
- forhaile — to distress
- forthink — to regret or rethink
- fortieth — next after the thirty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 40.
- fortyish — approaching or around the age of 40 years.
- frogfish — any tropical marine fish of the family Antennariidae, having a wide, froglike mouth and broad, limblike pectoral fins.
- froshing — Present participle of frosh.
- frothier — Comparative form of frothy.
- frothily — In a frothy way.
- frothing — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- ghiordes — a Turkish rug characterized by an uneven pile produced by the Ghiordes knot.
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- goodrich — Samuel Griswold [griz-wuh ld,, -wohld,, -wawld] /ˈgrɪz wəld,, -woʊld,, -wɔld/ (Show IPA), ("Peter Parley") 1793–1860, U.S. author and publisher.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- hair oil — hairstyling product
- hairwork — the art of producing articles made of hair
- hairworm — any small, slender worm of the family Trichostrongylidae, parasitic in the alimentary canals of various animals.
- handiron — andiron.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- harmonia — the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- heirloom — a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
- heliodor — a clear yellow variety of beryl used as a gemstone.
- heliport — a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
- hereinto — into this place.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- heritors — Plural form of heritor.
- hermione — the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- hidrosis — the excessive production of sweat.
- hidrotic — Relating to hidrosis.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.