10-letter words starting with ho
- hoop-de-do — whoop-de-do.
- hoop-skirt — a skirt that has hoops made of bone or metal, etc fastened inside it to make it stiff and full
- hootchinoo — hoochinoo.
- hootenanny — a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing.
- hoover dam — official name of Boulder Dam.
- hop clover — a trefoil, Trifolium campestre, having withered, yellow flowers that resemble the strobiles of a hop.
- hop garden — a field of hops
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hope chest — (especially formerly) a chest or the like in which a young woman collected clothing, linens, and other articles in anticipation of marriage.
- hopelessly — In a way that shows or causes despair.
- hoplophobe — (rare) Someone suffering from hoplophobia.
- hopper car — a freight car, usually open at the top and containing one or more hoppers so that bulk cargo can be quickly discharged through its bottom.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horizontal — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horkheimer — Max. 1895–1973, German social theorist of the Frankfurt school. His books include Eclipse of Reason (1947) and Critical Theory (1968)
- hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- hormonally — In a hormonal way.
- horn chair — a chair, especially of the late 19th-century U.S., having a frame made from steer, elk, buffalo, or other animal horns.
- horn poppy — a European plant, Glaucium flavum, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers, naturalized along sandy shores in eastern North America.
- hornblende — a dark-green to black mineral of the amphibole group, calcium magnesium iron and hydroxyl aluminosilicate.
- hornblower — One who, or that which, blows a horn.
- horned owl — any large owl of the genus Bubo, having prominent ear tufts: family Strigidae
- hornedness — The condition of being horned.
- hornrimmed — Alternative form of horn-rimmed.
- horny frog — horned frog.
- horography — the art of constructing time-keeping instruments such as watches and clocks
- horologist — an expert in horology.
- horologium — a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.
- horoscopes — Plural form of horoscope.
- horrendous — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horridness — The quality of being horrid.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- horse bean — fava bean.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horse corn — field corn.
- horse race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse rake — a large-wheeled rake drawn by a horse.
- horse show — a competitive display of the capabilities and qualities of horses and their riders or handlers, usually held as an annual event.
- horse-race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse-whip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horseboxes — Plural form of horsebox.
- horsebrier — catbrier.
- horsecloth — a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horseflesh — the flesh of a horse.
- horseflies — Plural form of horsefly.
- horsehides — Plural form of horsehide.
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.