8-letter words containing s, h, o, u
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- hothouse — an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
- hotspurs — Plural form of hotspur.
- 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.
- hounslow — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- houseboy — houseman (def 1).
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- housefly — a medium-sized, gray-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world.
- houseful — as many as a house will accommodate: a houseful of weekend guests.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- housemen — Plural form of houseman.
- housepet — A domestic pet, one that lives mostly indoors.
- housesit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- housetop — the top or roof of a house.
- housings — Plural form of housing.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- humidors — Plural form of humidor.
- hummocks — Plural form of hummock.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- humorism — (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- humorous — Archaic. moist; wet.
- icehouse — a building for storing ice.
- ichorous — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- in-house — company: internal
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- ishiguro — Kazuo [kah-zoo-oh,, kaz-oo-oh] /ˈkɑ zuˌoʊ,, ˈkæz uˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1954, English novelist, born in Japan.
- jodhpurs — Also called Marwar. a former state in NW India, now in Rajasthan.
- josephus — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), (Joseph ben Matthias) a.d. 37?–c100, Jewish historian and general.
- junkshop — A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- kuleshov — Lev (Vladimirovich) [lef vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian lyef vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /lɛf ˌvlæd əˈmɪər ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɛf vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1970, Soviet film director.
- kuroshio — Japan Current.
- lash out — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lugholes — Plural form of lughole.
- madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- mistouch — To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- mud hose — A mud hose is a flexible tube which connects the mud tank to the swivel for forcing mud down the hole inside the drill string.
- mug shot — Also called headshot. an identifying photograph of a suspect or criminal, often one of a set showing a frontal view, a profile view, and a view of the back of the head.
- mugshots — Plural form of mugshot.
- muishond — A species of weasel found in southern Africa, Poecilogale albinucha.
- mulhouse — a city in E France, near the Rhine.
- mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- musk hog — the collared peccary. See under peccary.
- newhouse — Samuel I(rving) 1895–1979, U.S. publisher.
- nonesuch — a person or thing without equal; paragon.