8-letter words containing a, h, o, l
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65
- hair oil — hairstyling product
- halakoth — Halakhah.
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- halazone — a white crystalline powder, C 7 H 5 Cl 2 NO 4 S, having a strong chlorinelike odor, used to disinfect water.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- halfmoon — the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- hallooed — Simple past tense and past participle of halloo.
- halloumi — a salty cheese originating in Cyprus and made from sheep’s or goat’s milk: often grilled or fried because it melts very slowly.
- hallowed — regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
- haloform — A compound derived from methane by substituting three hydrogen atoms for halogen atoms, e.g., chloroform.
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- halolike — resembling a halo.
- halophil — Halobacterium.
- halosere — a plant community that originates and develops in conditions of high salinity
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- hand log — chip log.
- handhold — a grip with the hand or hands.
- handload — to load (cartridges or other ammunition) by hand.
- handloom — a loom operated manually, in contrast to a power loom.
- handroll — a Japanese dish consisting of a large cone of dried seaweed filled with cold rice and other ingredients, eaten with the fingers rather than chopsticks
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- haplopia — normal vision (opposed to diplopia).
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- harlotry — prostitution.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- haul off — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- hawk owl — a gray and white diurnal owl, Surnia ulula, of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, resembling a hawk in appearance and actions.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- hazleton — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- helotage — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.
- hexafoil — a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon
- hexaglot — a book written in six languages
- hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hexapole — (physics) Anything having six poles or electrodes.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.