9-letter words containing s, h, o
- goulashes — Plural form of goulash.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- greenshoe — (finance) An option that allows underwriters to short-sell shares in a registered securities offering at the offering price.
- grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
- grog-shop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- growthist — an advocate of the importance of economic growth
- guarulhos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- hadrosaur — a bipedal dinosaur of the genus Hadrosaurus, belonging to the ornithopod family Hadrosauridae of the late Cretaceous Period, having broad, flat jaws for scooping up water plants.
- haemolyse — to break down red blood cells so that haemoglobin is released
- haemostat — A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
- hailstone — a pellet of hail.
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- hair loss — the loss of human hair from the head; balding
- hairworms — Plural form of hairworm.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- half hose — short hose; socks.
- half-hose — socks
- half-sole — to repair or renew (a shoe) by putting on a new half sole.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- halitosis — a condition of having offensive-smelling breath; bad breath.
- halituous — (obsolete) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
- hallowmas — the feast of Allhallows or All Saints' Day, on November 1.
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- hamiltons — Plural form of hamilton.
- handbooks — Plural form of handbook.
- handholds — Plural form of handhold.
- handlooms — Plural form of handloom.
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- hands off — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-off — characterized by nonintervention or noninterference: the new hands-off foreign policy.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handsomes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsome.
- hangerson — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- hangovers — Plural form of hangover.
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- happen-so — chance; happenstance; accident: Meeting you today was pure happen-so.
- harborers — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harborous — welcoming and offering hospitality
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hardgoods — durable goods, such as automobiles, furniture, etc.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonist — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- hartshorn — the antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia.
- hash over — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.