8-letter words containing s, e, r, o
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- haroseth — a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- heritors — Plural form of heritor.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- herstory — history (used especially in feminist literature and in women's studies as an alternative form to distinguish or emphasize the particular experience of women).
- historie — Archaic spelling of history.
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- holsters — Plural form of holster.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honorees — Plural form of honoree.
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- hormesis — Stimulation by the use of a low concentration of a toxin.
- hormones — 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.
- hornfels — a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- hornless — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- horsebox — A vehicle for transporting horses.
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- 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.
- 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.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hystero- — indicating the uterus
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- idoliser — (UK) alternative spelling of idolizer.
- ignorers — Plural form of ignorer.
- imbowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbower.
- implores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implore.
- imposter — a tax; tribute; duty.
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.
- improves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve.
- in store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- in-store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.