8-letter words starting with ho
- hold for — to apply or be relevant to
- hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold out — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold-out — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdable — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdalls — Plural form of holdall.
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- holddown — a clamp for holding a metal piece, as a sheet being deep-drawn, to prevent distortion or movement.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- holdless — (climbing) Without holds (footholds and handholds).
- holdouts — Plural form of holdout.
- holdover — a person or thing remaining from a former period.
- hole out — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- hole saw — crown saw.
- holed up — If you are holed up somewhere, you are hiding or staying there, usually so that other people cannot find or disturb you.
- holeless — without a hole or without any holes
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- holiness — the quality or state of being holy; sanctity.
- holistic — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- hollaing — Present participle of holla.
- hollande — François (frɑ̃swa). born 1954, French socialist politician, president of France (2012–17)
- hollands — John Philip, 1840–1914, Irish inventor in the U.S.
- 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