8-letter words containing ho
- honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
- honegger — Arthur [ahr-ther;; French ar-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; French arˈtʊər/ (Show IPA), 1892–1955, Swiss composer, born in France.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honewort — any plant of the genus Cryptotaenia, of the parsley family, especially C. canadensis, having clusters of small white flowers.
- honeybee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybun — A type of bun or pastry sweetened with honey.
- honeydew — honeydew melon.
- honeyful — full of honey
- honeying — Present participle of honey.
- honeypot — a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- honolulu — a state of the United States comprising the N Pacific islands of Hawaii, Kahoolawe, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, and Oahu: a U.S. territory 1900–59; admitted to the Union 1959. 6424 sq. mi. (16,715 sq. km). Capital: Honolulu. Abbreviation: HI (for use with zip code), Haw.
- honorand — the recipient of an honor, especially an honorary university degree.
- honorary — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- honorees — Plural form of honoree.
- honoring — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- honorous — Honorable, honourable.
- honoured — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- honouree — One who receives an honour or award.
- hoochies — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hood rat — a young promiscuous woman from an impoverished urban area
- hoodlike — Resembling a hood.
- hoodlums — Plural form of hoodlum.
- hoodooed — Simple past tense and past participle of hoodoo.
- hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hook-tip — any of several moths of the genus Daepana, characterized by the hooked point on each forewing
- hooklike — Resembling a hook.
- hookload — The hookload is the total force pulling down on the hook (= a high-capacity J-shaped piece of equipment).
- hooknose — a curved nose; aquiline nose.
- hookworm — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
- hooligan — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hoop-man — a basketball player.
- hoopless — without any hoops
- hooplike — Resembling a hoop.
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- hoorayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hooray.
- hoosegow — a jail.
- hoot owl — any of various owls that hoot.
- hootches — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hoovered — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- hop into — enter casually or spontaneously
- hop pole — a pole, usually wooden, up which hop vines are trained
- hopefull — Archaic form of hopeful.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- hopewell — a city in E Virginia, on the James River.
- hopfield — a field in which hops are grown