8-letter words containing ho
- hollered — to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- holliger — Heinz (haints). born 1939, Swiss oboist and composer
- holloing — Present participle of hollo.
- hollowed — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- hollower — Comparative form of hollow.
- hollowly — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- holm oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus ilex, of southern Europe, having foliage resembling that of the holly.
- holocene — recent (def 4).
- holocost — Misspelling of holocaust.
- holodeck — (science fiction) A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
- hologamy — a type of reproduction in which the gametes are like ordinary cells in form and size, as is found in some algae and protozoa
- hologram — a negative produced by exposing a high-resolution photographic plate, without camera or lens, near a subject illuminated by monochromatic, coherent radiation, as from a laser: when it is placed in a beam of coherent light a true three-dimensional image of the subject is formed.
- hologyny — the inheritance of genetic traits through females only
- hololith — a ring made from a single piece of stone.
- holonymy — (countable, semantics) A semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).
- holoptic — of, relating to, or having eyes that meet at the top of the head
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- holozoic — feeding on solid food particles in the manner of most animals.
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- holsters — Plural form of holster.
- holy ark — a cabinet in a synagogue set into or against the wall that faces eastward toward Jerusalem, for keeping the scrolls of the Torah.
- holy cow — astonishment
- holy day — a consecrated day or religious festival, especially one other than Sunday.
- holy joe — a chaplain, especially in the U.S. armed forces.
- holy man — priest, spiritual leader
- holy oil — consecrated oil; chrism.
- holy one — God. Isa. 10:20.
- holy see — Roman Catholic Church. the see of Rome; the office or jurisdiction of the pope.
- holy war — a war waged for what is supposed or proclaimed to be a holy purpose, as the defense of faith.
- holyhead — a seaport on Holy Island in NW Wales.
- holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- holyrood — the cross on which Jesus died.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- homaging — Present participle of homage.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- home box — (jargon, computer) A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, *my* home box runs a full 4.2BSD, so there!"
- home boy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- home key — See under home row.
- home row — (in touch typing) the row on a typewriter or computer keyboard that contains the keys (home keys) to which four fingers of each hand return as a base, on a QWERTY keyboard being A, S, D, and F for the left hand and J, K, L, and the semicolon for the right.
- home run — Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
- homebird — a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away
- homebody — a person who prefers pleasures and activities that center around the home; stay-at-home.
- homeborn — That which is born in a given place, native, indigenous.
- homeboys — Plural form of homeboy.
- homebred — bred or raised at home; native; indigenous; domestic.
- homebrew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
- homecare — The care and maintenance of one's home.