9-letter words containing ho
- anchovies — Plural form of anchovy.
- angashore — a miserable person given to complaining
- angelhood — the state of being an angel
- angophora — any tree of the genus Angophora, related to the eucalyptus and native to E Australia
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthodium — the flower head or bracts of a composite plant, as in daisies or asters
- anthology — An anthology is a collection of writings by different writers published together in one book.
- anthotaxy — the arrangement of flowers on a stem or parts on a flower
- anthozoan — any of the solitary or colonial sessile marine coelenterates of the class Anthozoa, including the corals, sea anemones, and sea pens, in which the body is in the form of a polyp
- anthozoic — relating to anthozoans
- antimacho — opposed to macho attitudes
- antiphone — (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
- antiphons — Plural form of antiphon.
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- antishock — designed to reduce the force of impact
- aphorisms — Plural form of aphorism.
- aphorized — Simple past tense and past participle of aphorize.
- aphorizer — a person who aphorizes
- aphorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorize.
- apiphobia — An inordinate fear of bees.
- aquaholic — Addicted to water.
- aquaphobe — a person who is abnormally afraid of water
- archology — the study of the origins of things
- archontic — relating to an archon
- archosaur — any of a group of reptiles consisting of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, modern birds, modern crocodiles and extinct relatives of crocodiles, all having a diapsid skull
- arseholed — very drunk
- art house — a motion-picture theater specializing in the exhibition of art films.
- art-house — An art-house film is a film that is intended to be a serious artistic work rather than a piece of popular entertainment.
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- as though — You use as if and as though when you are giving a possible explanation for something or saying that something appears to be the case when it is not.
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- at anchor — If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- authoress — An authoress is a female author. Many female writers object to this word, and prefer to be called authors.
- authorial — Authorial means relating to the author of something such as a book or play.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorish — like or similar to an author
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- autophoby — the reluctance to refer to oneself or be egotistical
- autophone — (archaic) idiophone.
- autophony — a diagnosis made by listening to vibration of one's own voice on the patient's chest
- b horizon — the layer of a soil profile immediately below the A horizon, containing deposits of leached material
- babashoff — Shirley, born 1957, U.S. swimmer.
- babyhouse — A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
- backhouse — an outdoor privy; outhouse