8-letter words containing o, n, h
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
- quanzhou — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- qui nhon — a seaport in SE Vietnam, on the South China Sea coast.
- ranchero — a rancher.
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- reinhold — a male given name.
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- rheotron — (formerly) betatron.
- rhiannon — the wife of Pwyll who, accused of having eaten her son, was forced as a penance to carry people on her back until vindicated by her son's return.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- right on — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right-on — exactly right or to the point.
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- rondache — a small, round shield
- rough on — severe towards
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- sandshoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- seahound — a dogfish
- shagroon — a nineteenth-century Australian settler in Canterbury
- shalloon — a light, twilled woolen fabric used chiefly for linings.
- shame on — shame should be felt by; this is shameful of
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shandong — a maritime province in E China. 59,189 sq. mi. (153,299 sq. km). Capital: Jinan.
- shaoxing — a city in NE Zhejiang province, in E China.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- shenzhou — any of a series of manned Chinese spacecraft
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shillong — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- shinbone — the tibia.
- shnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shoehorn — a shaped piece of horn, metal, or the like, inserted in the heel of a shoe to make it slip on more easily.
- shogging — to shake; jolt.
- shooting — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- shopping — a retail store, especially a small one.
- shopworn — worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- short on — having little length; not long.
- shorting — having little length; not long.
- shoshone — a river in NW Wyoming, flowing NE into the Big Horn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- shoshoni — Shoshone (defs 2, 3).