9-letter words starting with ho
- hornbeams — Plural form of hornbeam.
- hornbills — Plural form of hornbill.
- hornbooks — Plural form of hornbook.
- horniness — consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- hornpipes — Plural form of hornpipe.
- hornpouts — Plural form of hornpout.
- hornstone — a variety of quartz resembling flint.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- hornworms — Plural form of hornworm.
- hornworts — Plural form of hornwort.
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- hornyhead — species of fish
- hornywink — a lapwing
- horologer — A maker or seller of clocks and watches.
- horologic — of or relating to horology.
- horometry — The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
- horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
- horoscopy — Archaic. the casting or taking of horoscopes.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horribley — Misspelling of horribly.
- horridest — Superlative form of horrid.
- horrified — showing or indicating great shock or horror: a horrified gasp; a horrified expression.
- horrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horrify.
- horse fly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- horsecars — Plural form of horsecar.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horsefish — moonfish (def 1).
- horsefoot — (botany) The coltsfoot.
- horsehair — a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
- horsehead — moonfish (def 1).
- horsehide — the hide of a horse.
- horseless — (of a vehicle) not drawn by a horse or horses.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horsemeat — The flesh of a horse as food.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- horsepond — A pond for watering horses.
- horserace — Alternative spelling of horse race.
- horserake — A rake drawn by a horse.
- horseshit — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- horseshoe — a U -shaped metal plate, plain or with calks, nailed to a horse's hoof to protect it from being injured by hard or rough surfaces.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- horseweed — a North American composite weed, Erigeron canadensis, having narrow, hairy leaves and clusters of very small greenish-white flowers.
- horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horsewood — A West Indian tree, Calliandra latifolia, with showy crimson blossoms.
- horsiness — The quality of being, or resembling, a horse.
- hortation — The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
- hortative — hortatory.
- hortatory — urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: a hortatory speech.