6-letter words containing s, h, o
- hostry — an inn or lodging house, hostelry
- hotels — Plural form of hotel.
- houghs — Plural form of hough.
- hounds — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- houres — Plural form of houre.
- houris — one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- housed — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- housel — the Eucharist.
- houser — a person who erects a house, a builder
- houses — Plural form of house.
- housey — Resembling house music.
- hovels — Plural form of hovel.
- hovers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hover.
- how so — in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen?
- hudson — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- huevos — Huevos rancheros, a Mexican breakfast dish.
- humors — Plural form of humor.
- huston — John, 1906–87, U.S. film director and writer.
- hydros — Plural form of hydro.
- hyksos — a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700–1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.
- hyoids — Plural form of hyoid.
- hypnos — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypso- — indicating height
- hyssop — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Hyssopus, of the mint family, especially H. officinalis, native to Europe, having clusters of small blue flowers.
- imnsho — IMHO
- isohel — a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- joseph — 1741–90, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1765–90 (son of Francis I; brother of Leopold II and Marie Antoinette).
- joshed — Simple past tense and past participle of josh.
- josher — A person who joshes or ridicules.
- joshes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of josh.
- joshua — the successor of Moses as leader of the Israelites. Deut. 31:14, 23; 34:9.
- josiah — Also, Douay Bible, Josias [joh-sahy-uh s] /dʒoʊˈsaɪ əs/ (Show IPA). a king of Judah, reigned 640?–609? b.c. II Kings 22.
- kensho — (sumo) prize money given to encourage rikishi by sponsors.
- khonsu — a moon god worshipped esp at Thebes
- khoums — a coin and monetary unit of Mauritania, the 5th part of an ouguiya.
- kibosh — nonsense.
- kosher — Judaism. fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary or ceremonial laws: kosher meat; kosher dishes; a kosher tallith. adhering to the laws governing such fitness: a kosher restaurant.
- lashio — a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- lhotse — a mountain peak in the Himalayas, on the Nepal-Tibet border: fourth highest peak in the world. 27,890 feet (8501 meters).
- lithos — lithography.
- lochus — (in ancient Greece) a subdivision of an army.
- loughs — Plural form of lough.
- lovish — Like, resembling, or characteristic of love; amorous; loving.
- lowish — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- machos — Machismo.
- mahoes — Plural form of mahoe.
- mochis — a city in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.
- modish — in the current fashion; stylish.
- mohacs — a city in S Hungary, on the Danube River: site of battles with Turkish forces, 1526 and 1687.
- mohism — the doctrine of Mo-Tze, stressing universal love, not limited by special affections or obligations, and opposition to Confucianism and traditionalism.