5-letter words containing r, h, o
- horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horst — a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- horsy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- horta — Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- horus — a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
- hoser — a person who is considered unintelligent or uncouth, especially a beer-drinking man.
- houre — Obsolete spelling of hour.
- houri — one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- hours — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- hover — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- hower — a hole.
- hrolf — Rollo (def 1).
- humor — hacker humour
- hurok — Sol(omon) 1888–1974, U.S. impresario, born in Russia.
- huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- hydro — Informal. hydroelectric power.
- ichor — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- korah — a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Num. 16.
- krogh — (Schack) Auguste (Steenberg) [shahk ou-goo st steen-barg] /ˈʃɑk ˈaʊ gʊst ˈstin bærg/ (Show IPA), 1874–1949, Danish physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1920.
- mhorr — A large gazelle native to the Sahara desert, Nanger dama, formerly Gazella dama.
- mohur — any of various gold coins of India, introduced in the 16th century by various Mogul princes and later used by the British as the standard gold coin of India.
- morph — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- north — Christopher, pen name of John Wilson.
- ocher — any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ochre — to color or mark with ocher.
- ochry — ocher.
- ohrid — Lake, a lake between E Albania and SW Macedonia, emptying into the Drin River. About 20 miles (32 km) long.
- omrah — a Muslim noble of the court
- ophir — a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- orach — any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- orsha — a city in NE Byelorussia (Belarus), on the Dnieper River, NE of Minsk.
- orth. — Orthodox (religion)
- ortho — pertaining to or occupying two adjacent positions in the benzene ring. Compare meta2 , para3 .
- other — additional or further: he and one other person.
- porch — an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- rheo- — indicating stream, flow, or current
- rhino — a rhinoceros.
- rhoda — a female given name.
- rhomb — rhombus.
- rhone — a river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 miles (810 km) long.
- roach — Maxwell ("Max") 1924–2007, U.S. jazz drummer and bandleader.
- roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- roshi — the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- rotch — a little auk
- rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- routh — abundance; plenty.
- shoer — a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- shore — Jane, 1445?–1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.
- shorl — the black variety of tourmaline
- shorn — a past participle of shear.