8-letter words containing s, h, o, r
- fortrash — (abuse, language) /for'trash/ Hackerism for the Fortran language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.
- fortyish — approaching or around the age of 40 years.
- frogfish — any tropical marine fish of the family Antennariidae, having a wide, froglike mouth and broad, limblike pectoral fins.
- froshing — Present participle of frosh.
- gemshorn — a type of horn with carved tone holes, traditionally made from the horn of the chamois
- gheraoes — Plural form of gherao.
- ghiordes — a Turkish rug characterized by an uneven pile produced by the Ghiordes knot.
- go short — If you go short of something, especially food, you do not have as much of it as you want or need.
- goldrush — Alternative spelling of gold rush.
- grogshop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- gryphons — Plural form of gryphon.
- halosere — a plant community that originates and develops in conditions of high salinity
- harbours — Plural form of harbour.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- hardtops — Plural form of hardtop.
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- 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.
- harpoons — Plural form of harpoon.
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- hayforks — Plural form of hayfork.
- 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).
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- hidrosis — the excessive production of sweat.
- historic — well-known or important in history: a historic building; historic occasions.
- historie — Archaic spelling of history.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- 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.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honorees — Plural form of honoree.
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- honorous — Honorable, honourable.
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- horizons — Plural form of horizon.