8-letter words containing o, n, h
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- himation — a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- hindfoot — A rear foot.
- hindmost — furtherest behind or nearest the rear; last.
- hinge on — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- hispano- — Hispanic
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- histones — Plural form of histone.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hizzoner — a city mayor or a judge
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hoagland — Edward, born 1932, U.S. novelist and essayist.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hoastman — a member of a former guild of tradesmen responsible for loading and shipping coal in Newcastle upon Tyne
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- hobnobby — tending to hobnob or characterized by hobnobbing
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- hoe into — to eat (food) heartily
- hoedowns — Plural form of hoedown.
- hoffmann — E(rnst) T(heodor) A(madeus) (Wilhelm) [ernst tey-aw-dohr ah-mah-dey-oo s vil-helm] /ɛrnst ˈteɪ ɔˌdoʊr ˌɑ mɑˈdeɪ ʊs ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1776–1822, German author, composer, and illustrator.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hogtying — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hoisting — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- hokiness — The state or condition of being hoky.
- hokinson — Helen, c1900–49, U.S. cartoonist.
- holddown — a clamp for holding a metal piece, as a sheet being deep-drawn, to prevent distortion or movement.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- holiness — the quality or state of being holy; sanctity.
- hollaing — Present participle of holla.
- hollande — François (frɑ̃swa). born 1954, French socialist politician, president of France (2012–17)
- hollands — John Philip, 1840–1914, Irish inventor in the U.S.
- holloing — Present participle of hollo.
- holocene — recent (def 4).
- hologyny — the inheritance of genetic traits through females only
- holonymy — (countable, semantics) A semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- holy man — priest, spiritual leader
- holy one — God. Isa. 10:20.
- holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
- homaging — Present participle of homage.
- home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
- homeborn — That which is born in a given place, native, indigenous.
- homeland — one's native land.
- homering — Present participle of homer.