6-letter words containing ho
- hoazin — Alternative form of hoatzin.
- hobart — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- hobbed — a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- hobber — a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- hobbes — Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.
- hobbit — a member of a race of imaginary creatures related to and resembling humans, living in underground holes and characterized by their good nature, diminutive size, and hairy feet.
- hobble — to walk lamely; limp.
- hobday — to alleviate (a breathing problem in certain horses) by the surgical operation of removing soft tissue ventricles to pull back the vocal fold
- hobnob — to associate on very friendly terms (usually followed by with): She often hobnobs with royalty.
- hoboes — Plural form of hobo.
- hobson — Laura Z(ametkin) [zuh-met-kin] /zəˈmɛt kɪn/ (Show IPA), 1900–86, U.S. novelist.
- hocked — the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock.
- hocker — pawn1 .
- hocket — a technique in medieval musical composition in which two or three voice parts are given notes or short phrases in rapid alternation, producing an erratic, hiccuping effect.
- hockey — ice hockey.
- hockle — (of a rope) to have the yarns spread and kinked through twisting in use.
- hodden — a coarse homespun cloth produced in Scotland: hodden grey is made by mixing black and white wools
- hodder — (obsolete) A coal miner who hauls hods from the workface.
- hoddie — A bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod.
- hoddle — to waddle
- hodges — John Cornelius ("Johnny"; "Rabbit"; "Jeep") 1906–70, U.S. jazz saxophonist.
- hodman — hod carrier.
- hodmen — Plural form of hodman.
- hoe in — to eat food heartily
- hoeing — a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hoenir — a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- hogans — Plural form of hogan.
- hogged — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- hogger — a person or thing that hogs.
- hogget — hog (def 5).
- hoggin — a finely sifted gravel containing enough clay binder for it to be used in its natural form for making paths or roads
- hoglet — A baby hedgehog.
- hognut — the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra.
- hogpen — pigpen (def 1).
- hogtie — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hohhot — an administrative division in NE China, adjoining the Mongolian People's Republic. 174,000 sq. mi. (450,660 sq. km). Capital: Hohhot.
- hoicks — a cry used to encourage hounds to hunt
- hoiden — a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- hoihow — Haikou.
- hoised — Simple past tense and past participle of hoise.
- hoisin — A sweet, spicy, dark red sauce made from soybeans, vinegar, sugar, garlic, and various spices, widely used in southern Chinese cooking.
- hoists — Plural form of hoist.
- hokier — Comparative form of hokey.
- hokily — In a hokey way.
- hoking — to alter or manipulate so as to give a deceptively or superficially improved quality or value (usually followed by up): a political speech hoked up with phony statistics.
- hol-88 — An implementation of HOL built on ML by Mike Gordon <[email protected]>.
- hol-90 — An implementation of HOL built on SML/NJ by Brian Graham <[email protected]>. Runs on Sun-4.
- holard — (dated) The total water content of a sample of soil.
- holded — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of hold.
- holden — a past participle of hold1 .