7-letter words containing ho
- bellhop — A bellhop is a man or boy who works in a hotel, carrying bags or bringing things to the guests' rooms.
- benthon — the aggregate of organisms that live on or in the benthos.
- benthos — the animals and plants living at the bottom of a sea or lake
- beshout — to shout at or about
- bethorn — to cover with thorns
- bewhore — to treat as a whore
- bhoodan — (in India) a socioagricultural movement, started by Vinoba Bhave in 1951, in which village landowners are persuaded to give land to the landless.
- bichord — (of a musical instrument) having two strings for one note
- bighorn — a large wild sheep, Ovis canadensis, inhabiting mountainous regions in North America and NE Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. The male has massive curved horns, and the species is well adapted for climbing and leaping
- biophor — (in Weismann's theory of heredity) a hypothetical particle of the ultimate form of matter
- bothole — a hole in an animal's hide made by the larva of the botfly
- bouchon — a supplementary, baize-covered top set in the center of a bouillotte table.
- bowshot — the distance an arrow travels from the bow
- boyhood — Boyhood is the period of a male person's life during which he is a boy.
- broncho — bronco
- brython — a Celt who speaks a Brythonic language
- cachous — Plural form of cachou.
- cahokia — a city in SW Illinois.
- cahoots — partnership; league (esp in the phrases go in cahoots with, go cahoot)
- calhoun — John Caldwell1782-1850; U.S. statesman: vice president (1825-32)
- camacho — Manuel Ávila [mah-nwel ah-vee-lah] /mɑˈnwɛl ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA). Manuel Avila Camacho.
- camphol — borneol
- camphor — Camphor is a strong-smelling white substance used in various medicines, in mothballs, and in making plastics.
- can tho — a town in S Vietnam, on the River Mekong. Pop: 368 000 (2005 est)
- can-tho — a town in S Vietnam, on the Mekong River.
- carhops — Plural form of carhop.
- cathode — A cathode is the negative electrode in a cell such as a battery. Compare anode.
- cathole — one of a pair of holes in the after part of a ship through which hawsers are passed for steadying the ship or heaving astern
- cathood — the state of being a cat
- chekhov — Anton Pavlovich (anˈtɔn ˈpavləvitʃ). 1860–1904, Russian dramatist and short-story writer. His plays include The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1900), The Three Sisters (1901), and The Cherry Orchard (1904)
- chi-rho — the Christian monogram ( ☧ ) made from the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ.
- chobdar — a macebearer or attendant of a king or eminent dignitary in India
- chocked — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
- chocker — full up; packed
- choctaw — a member of a Native American people of Alabama
- chogyal — the title of the ruler of Sikkim
- choicer — Comparative form of choice.
- choices — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- chokers — Plural form of choker.
- choking — causing breathing difficulties; suffocating
- cholate — a cholic acid salt
- cholent — a meal usually consisting of a stew of meat, potatoes, and pulses prepared before the Sabbath on Friday and left to cook until eaten for Sabbath lunch
- cholera — Cholera is a serious disease that often kills people. It is caused by drinking infected water or by eating infected food.
- cholers — irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
- choline — a colourless viscous soluble alkaline substance present in animal tissues, esp as a constituent of lecithin: used as a supplement to the diet of poultry and in medicine for preventing the accumulation of fat in the liver. Formula:[(CH3)3NCH2CH2OH]+OH–
- chollas — Plural form of cholla.
- choltry — a place where travellers can rest
- cholula — a town in S Mexico, in Puebla state: ancient ruins, notably a pyramid, 53 m (177 ft) high. Pop: 82 964 (2005)
- chommie — a friend, used esp by Black males and Afrikaans-speakers
- chomped — Simple past tense and past participle of chomp.