8-letter words containing r, h, o, e
- horsefly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- horsemen — Plural form of horseman.
- horsepox — a disease in horses caused by a virus and characterized by eruptions in the mouth and on the skin.
- horseway — a bridleway
- hortense — a female given name.
- hosteler — a person who operates a hostel.
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- hostlers — Plural form of hostler.
- hot tear — a crack formed in hot metal during cooling, caused by an improper pouring temperature or undue restraint.
- 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.
- hounders — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- hoveller — (UK, dialect) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- hoverfly — Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.
- 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.
- huaquero — the Spanish name for a tomb or grave robber
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- humoured — Simple past tense and past participle of humour.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- hurcheon — a hedgehog.
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- hydromel — a liquor consisting of honey and water that, when fermented, becomes mead.
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hyperope — A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.
- hypoderm — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hystero- — indicating the uterus
- inholder — An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
- inthrone — enthrone.
- iserlohn — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia,W Germany.
- isochore — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- isothere — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- isotherm — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
- larouche — Lyndon H., Jr. born 1922, U.S. economist and politician.
- leghorns — Plural form of leghorn.
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- melchior — one of the three Magi.