8-letter words containing s, h, o, e
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- homilies — Plural form of homily.
- hominess — comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike: a homey little inn.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honorees — Plural form of honoree.
- hoochies — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hooknose — a curved nose; aquiline nose.
- hoopless — without any hoops
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- hoosegow — a jail.
- hootches — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- 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.
- hosecock — a threaded exterior faucet, as for attaching a garden hose.
- hoselike — resembling a hose
- hosepipe — (UK, South Africa, Southern US) A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose.
- hospices — Plural form of hospice.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostages — Plural form of hostage.
- hosteler — a person who operates a hostel.
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- hostiles — Plural form of hostile.
- hostlers — Plural form of hostler.
- hostless — a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere: the host at a theater party.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hot mess — a person or thing that is a mess, as in being disorganized, confused, or untidy, yet remains attractive or appealing: He’s a hot mess when he wakes up in the morning!
- hot seat — electric chair.
- hot shoe — a bracket on a camera body that provides support and electrical contact for an electronic flash attachment.
- hot-desk — If employees hot-desk, they are not assigned particular desks and work at any desk that is available.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- hotheads — Plural form of hothead.
- hothouse — an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- 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.