Words starting with hou
4 letter words starting with hou
- hour — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- hour after hour — continuously for many hours
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- hour by hour — each hour
- hour circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal equinox.
5 letter words starting with hou
- hough — Emerson, 1857–1923, U.S. novelist.
- hould — Obsolete spelling of hold.
- houma — a city in S Louisiana.
- hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- houre — Obsolete spelling of hour.
6 letter words starting with hou
- houdah — (in the East Indies) a seat or platform for one or more persons, commonly with a railing and a canopy, placed on the back of an elephant.
- houdan — one of a French breed of chickens having a V -shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or black plumage.
- houdon — Jean Antoine [zhahn ahn-twan] /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1741–1828, French sculptor.
- houghs — Plural form of hough.
- houlet — An owlet.
7 letter words starting with hou
- houbara — a bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, of northern Africa and western Asia, having long black and white plumes on each side of the neck.
- houdini — Harry (Erich Weiss) 1874–1926, U.S. magician.
- houghed — Scot. hock1 (defs 1, 2).
- houmous — Houmous is a smooth food made from chick peas which people usually eat with bread or vegetables.
- hounded — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
8 letter words starting with hou
- houghing — Scot. hock1 (defs 1, 2).
- houghton — Henry Oscar, 1823–95, U.S. publisher.
- hounders — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- hounding — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- hounslow — a borough of Greater London, England.
9 letter words starting with hou
- houndfish — Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
- hounskull — a snoutlike, usually conical, visor attached to a basinet of the 14th century.
- hourglass — an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- house-sit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
10 letter words starting with hou
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- house-hunt — to search for a house to buy or rent
- houseboats — Plural form of houseboat.
- housebound — restricted to the house, as by bad weather or illness.
11 letter words starting with hou
- houndstooth — woven or printed with a pattern of broken or jagged checks: a hound's-tooth jacket.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
- house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
12 letter words starting with hou
- house-broken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
- housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- housedresses — Plural form of housedress.
13 letter words starting with hou
- house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
- house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housebreakers — Plural form of housebreaker.
14 letter words starting with hou
- hound's-tongue — any of various plants belonging to the genus Cynoglossum, of the borage family, especially C. officinale, having coarse, tongue-shaped leaves, dull purple flowers, and prickly nutlets.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- house-to-house — conducted from one house to the next: a house-to-house survey.
15 letter words starting with hou
- housemistresses — Plural form of housemistress.
- housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
16 letter words starting with hou
- houphouet-boigny — Félix [French fey-leeks] /French feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1905–1993, Ivory Coast political leader: president 1960–93.
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
18 letter words starting with hou
- houghton-le-spring — a town in N England, in Sunderland unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: coal-mining. Pop: 36 746 (2001)
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