8-letter words containing ho
- ethology — The science of animal behavior.
- ethoxide — any of a class of saltlike compounds with the formula MOC2H5, where M is a metal atom
- eulachon — A small edible fish of North America, Thaleichthys pacificus; the candlefish.
- euphobia — Fear of hearing good news.
- euphonic — Characterized by euphony; harmonious.
- euphoria — A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- euphoric — Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- euphotic — Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
- exhorted — Simple past tense and past participle of exhort.
- exhorter — (rare) A person who exhorts.
- exophora — Reference in a text or utterance to something external to it, which is only fully intelligible in terms of information about the extralinguistic situation.
- eyeholes — Plural form of eyehole.
- eyehooks — Plural form of eyehook.
- falshood — Obsolete spelling of falsehood.
- fathomed — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- feedhole — a small opening through which something passes, for instance a cable
- feedhorn — a part of a satellite dish that collects the signal reflected from the main surface reflector and channels it into a low-noise amplifier.
- fenchone — (organic compound) A monoterpenoid ketone present in the essential oil of fennel.
- firehook — (dated, historical) a long pole with a hook at the end, used to pull down buildings and roof thatch to suppress a fire.
- firehose — Alternative spelling of fire hose.
- fishhook — a hook used in fishing.
- flu shot — vaccination against influenza
- foghorns — Plural form of foghorn.
- foothold — a place or support for the feet; a place where a person may stand or walk securely.
- foothole — (cricket) A hole in a cricket pitch made by the bowler's foot during his runup.
- for show — in order to impress, for display only
- forehock — The hock from the foreleg of a pig.
- forehoof — the hoof of a front leg.
- foreshot — The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled.
- foreshow — to show beforehand.
- foxholes — Plural form of foxhole.
- foxhound — any of several breeds of medium-sized hounds trained to hunt foxes and having a glossy coat in combinations of black, tan, and white.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- freehold — a town in E New Jersey: battle of Monmouth courthouse 1778.
- funhouse — (in an amusement park) a building equipped with trick mirrors, shifting floors, and other devices designed to scare or amuse people as they walk through.
- funkhole — a dugout
- gashouse — gasworks.
- gazpacho — a soup made of chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, garlic, oil, and vinegar, and served cold.
- geekhood — The quality of being a geek; geekiness.
- gemshorn — a type of horn with carved tone holes, traditionally made from the horn of the chamois
- geophone — a device that is placed on or in the ground and used to detect seismic waves.
- ghosting — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- ghoulish — strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- giftshop — a shop that sells items that are suitable for giving as presents
- ginhouse — a building in which cotton is ginned
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
- go short — If you go short of something, especially food, you do not have as much of it as you want or need.
- gohonzon — (in Nichiren Buddhism) the paper scroll to which devotional chanting is directed
- grogshop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.