7-letter words containing o, m
- hofmann — August Wilhelm von [ou-goo st vil-helm fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1818–92, German chemist.
- hogmane — a horse's mane that has been cut short so that it stands up stiffly
- hohokam — of, belonging to, or characteristic of an American Indian culture of the central and southern deserts of Arizona, about a.d. 450–1450, roughly contemporaneous with the Anasazi culture to the north.
- holmium — a rare-earth, trivalent element found in gadolinite. Symbol: Ho; atomic weight: 164.930; atomic number: 67.
- holonym — (semantics) A term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term, such as 'face' in relation to 'eye'.
- homaged — Simple past tense and past participle of homage.
- homager — a vassal.
- homages — Plural form of homage.
- homburg — a man's felt hat with a soft crown dented lengthwise and a slightly rolled brim.
- home ec — home economics.
- home in — move towards a target, etc.
- homeboy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- homefry — Alt form home fry.
- homelyn — a European fish, a species of ray (Raia maculata)
- homepna — Home Phoneline Networking Alliance
- homered — Simple past tense and past participle of homer.
- homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- homerun — Alternative form of home run.
- 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.
- hommage — A homage, especially something in an artwork which has been done in respectful imitation of another artist.
- hommock — hummock (def 3).
- homoeo- — homeo-
- homoio- — homeo-
- homolog — something homologous.
- 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.
- homonym — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- homosex — sexual activity between homosexuals
- homyel' — Gomel.
- hoodlum — a thug or gangster.
- hoodman — a man wearing a hood over his head
- hoopman — a basketball player.
- hormone — 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.
- hoseman — a fireman
- hot mic — a microphone that is actively recording or broadcasting, especially if it captures a comment or conversation that the speaker or speakers believed to be private (often used attributively): The techs should limit the number of hot mics to reduce acoustic feedback. The reporter was suspended after her profanity was caught on a hot mic. Their hot mic scheming confirmed the conspiracy theories.
- hotmail — (messaging) A web mail service bought by Microsoft.
- houmous — Houmous is a smooth food made from chick peas which people usually eat with bread or vegetables.
- housman — A(lfred) E(dward) 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar.
- humacao — a city in E Puerto Rico.
- humidor — a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.
- hummock — Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
- humogen — a plant fertilizer
- humoral — of, relating to, or proceeding from a fluid of the body.
- humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humours — humor.
- humulon — a bitter constituent of hops, C 21 H 30 O 5 , having antibiotic properties.
- hygroma — a swelling in the soft tissue that occurs over a joint, usually caused by repeated injury
- hymnody — the singing or the composition of hymns or sacred songs.
- hyponym — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).