8-letter words containing o, h, r, i
- hillfort — a hilltop fortified with ramparts and ditches, dating from the second millennium bc
- hip roof — a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.
- hire out — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- hirohito — ("Showa") 1901–89, emperor of Japan 1926–89.
- historic — well-known or important in history: a historic building; historic occasions.
- historie — Archaic spelling of history.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hitherto — up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
- hizzoner — a city mayor or a judge
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- holliger — Heinz (haints). born 1939, Swiss oboist and composer
- homebird — a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away
- homegirl — a girl or woman from the same locality as oneself.
- homelier — Comparative form of homely.
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- honoring — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- horizons — Plural form of horizon.
- hormesis — Stimulation by the use of a low concentration of a toxin.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- hormonic — 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.
- hornbill — any large bird of the family Bucerotidae, of the Old World tropics, characterized by a very large bill usually surmounted by a horny protuberance.
- hornists — Plural form of hornist.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- horopito — a bushy New Zealand shrub, Pseudowintera colorata, with red aromatic peppery leaves. It possesses antifungal and antibacterial properties
- horovitz — Israel, born 1939, U.S. playwright.
- horowitz — Vladimir [vlad-uh-meer,, vla-dee-meer] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər,, vlæˈdi mɪər/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, U.S. pianist, born in Russia.
- horrible — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horribly — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horridly — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- horrific — causing horror.
- hot-wire — Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.
- hotelier — a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.
- hotliner — a person who speaks to callers on a telephone hot line.
- hotwired — Simple past tense and past participle of hotwire.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
- huidobro — Vicente [bee-sen-te] /biˈsɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1948, Chilean poet.
- humidors — Plural form of humidor.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humorism — (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hydroids — Plural form of hydroid.