8-letter words starting with ho
- 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.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- homegirl — a girl or woman from the same locality as oneself.
- homeland — one's native land.
- homeless — without a home: a homeless child.
- homelier — Comparative form of homely.
- homelike — like or suggestive of home; familiar; warmly comfortable.
- homelily — in a homely manner
- homemade — made or prepared at home, locally, or by the maker's own efforts: The restaurant's pastry is homemade. Breakfast at the farmhouse always meant homemade preserves.
- homeobox — Any of a class of closely similar sequences that occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species.
- homeosis — The replacement of part of one segment of an insect or other segmented animal by a structure characteristic of a different segment, especially through mutation.
- homeotic — Of or pertaining to homeosis.
- homepage — Alternative form of home page.
- homeport — The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- homeroom — a classroom in which pupils in the same grade or division of a grade meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher, who takes attendance and administers other school business.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homesite — a plot of land for a home.
- homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- hometime — The time when pupils go home at the end of the school day.
- hometown — the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- homeware — crockery, furniture, and furnishings with which a house, room, etc, is furnished
- homewood — a city in central Alabama, near Birmingham.
- homework — schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).
- homicide — the killing of one human being by another.