11-letter words containing ho
- haemothorax — Alternative form of hemothorax.
- half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
- handholding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- harmoniphon — an obsolete musical instrument consisting of a mouth tube and keyboard that acts on reeds which vibrate to give a sound similar to an oboe
- harold holt — Harold Edward, 1908–67, Australian political leader: prime minister 1966–67.
- harpsichord — a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
- heart-whole — not in love.
- heckelphone — A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.
- hedgehopped — Simple past tense and past participle of hedgehop.
- heliophobia — Fear of sunlight.
- heliophobic — fearing or unable to withstand sunlight
- helminthoid — shaped like a helminth; vermiform; wormlike.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- hemorrhoids — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- here's how! — (as a toast) good health!
- heterophobe — Someone who suffers from heterophobia.
- heterophone — A word whose spelling and sound both differ from another\u2019s.
- heterophony — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hicky-horse — a seesaw.
- hierophobia — an irrational fear of sacred objects or people
- hierophobic — a person who suffers from hierophobia
- high school — a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.
- highschools — Plural form of highschool.
- hills hoist — an Australian brand of rotary clothesline
- hip-shooter — a person who acts or talks in a rash, impetuous way
- hippety-hop — with a hopping movement
- hippophobia — Fear or dislike of horses.
- ho chi minh — 1890?–1969, North Vietnamese political leader: president of North Vietnam 1954–69.
- hoary cress — a perennial Mediterranean plant, Cardaria (or Lepidium) draba, with small white flowers: a widespread troublesome weed: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- hob-jobbing — the work or activities of a hobjobber
- hobbledehoy — an awkward, ungainly youth.
- hobbletehoy — Archaic form of hobbledehoy.
- hobby-horse — You describe a subject or idea as your hobby-horse if you have strong feelings on it and like talking about it whenever you have the opportunity.
- hobbyhorses — Plural form of hobbyhorse.
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- hocus-pocus — a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.
- hod carrier — a mason's assistant whose work is to carry hods of materials to the mason.
- hodgenville — a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
- hodgepodges — Plural form of hodgepodge.
- hog cholera — an acute, usually fatal, highly contagious disease of swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus Pestivirus, characterized by high fever, lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy.
- hoggishness — The quality of being hoggish.
- hohe tauern — an Alpine mountain range in S Austria. Highest peak, Grossglockner, 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- hohenlinden — a village in S Germany, in Bavaria, near Munich: French victory over the Austrians 1800.
- hoity-toity — assuming airs; pretentious; haughty.
- hokey cokey — a Cockney song with a traditional dance routine to match the words
- hokey-pokey — hocus-pocus; trickery.
- hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
- hold in fee — to own; possess
- hold out on — to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information