8-letter words containing ho
- gryphons — Plural form of gryphon.
- gumshoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gumshoe.
- gumshoes — Plural form of gumshoe.
- gunhouse — an armoured rotatable enclosure for guns on a warship
- gunkhole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- gunshots — Plural form of gunshot.
- gym shoe — a lightweight canvas shoe with a rubber sole; sneaker.
- hailshot — small pellets of ammunition resembling hail when it is discharged and broadcast in all directions
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- handhold — a grip with the hand or hands.
- hangchow — Older Spelling. Hangzhou.
- hangzhou — a province in E China, on the East China Sea. 39,768 sq. mi. (102,999 sq. km). Capital: Hangzhou.
- hat shop — a shop that sell hats
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- hawthorn — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family, typically a small tree with stiff thorns, certain North American species of which have white or pink blossoms and bright-colored fruits and are cultivated in hedges.
- headshot — a photograph of someone's face, especially a promotional photograph of a model, actor, or author.
- heave ho — an act or effort of heaving.
- heave-ho — an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.
- hedgehog — an Old World, insect-eating mammal of the genus Erinaceus, especially E. europaeus, having spiny hairs on the back and sides.
- hedgehop — to fly an airplane at a very low altitude, as for spraying crops or for low-level bombing in warfare.
- heigh-ho — used variously to express mild surprise, boredom, disappointment, fatigue, etc., or used as a greeting
- hellhole — a place totally lacking in comfort, cleanliness, order, etc.
- henhouse — a shelter for poultry.
- highhole — flicker2 .
- hip-shot — (esp of a horse) having a dislocated hip
- hit show — successful tv series
- ho gauge — a model railroad gauge of 5/8 inches (16 mm).
- ho-daddy — one who engages in the sport of surfing or, esp., one who spends much time on beaches with surfers for vicarious excitement
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hoagland — Edward, born 1932, U.S. novelist and essayist.
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hoarhead — someone, esp an old man, with white hair
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoastman — a member of a former guild of tradesmen responsible for loading and shipping coal in Newcastle upon Tyne
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- hobbyism — the practice of pursuing a hobby
- hobbyist — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- hobnobby — tending to hobnob or characterized by hobnobbing
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- hoccleve — Thomas, 1370–1450, English poet.
- hochhuth — Rolf (rɔlf). born 1931, German dramatist. His best-known works are the controversial documentary drama The Representative (1963), on the papacy's attitude to the Jews in World War II, Soldiers (1967), German Love Story (1980), and Wessis in Weimar (1992)
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- hockshop — a pawnshop.
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.