5 Letter Words That Start With HO

honor

Noun : (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.

Noun : (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.

hoary

Adjective : White or grey with age.

Adjective : (figurative) Old or old-fashioned; trite.

Adjective : White, whitish, or greyish-white.

horny

Adjective : (slang) Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.

Adjective : (slang) Sexually arousing.

Adjective : (of males, obsolete) In a state of physical sexual arousal: experiencing tentigo, tumescence of the penis as a result of sexual arousal.

hoist

Verb : (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

Verb : (transitive, sports, often figurative) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.

Verb : (intransitive) To be lifted up.

hover

Verb : (intransitive) To remain stationary or float in the air.

Verb : (transitive) To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.

Verb : (intransitive) (figuratively) Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.

honey

Noun : (uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

Noun : (countable) A variety of this substance.

Noun : (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.

hound

Noun : A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

Noun : Any canine animal.

Noun : (by extension) Someone who seeks something.

horde

Noun : A large number of people or things.

Noun : A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

Verb : to travel en masse, to flock

hovel

Noun : (derogatory) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

Noun : An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

Noun : In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

house

Noun : A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

Noun : (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building within a public housing estate.

Noun : A container; a thing which houses another.

horse

Noun : A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

Noun : Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.

Noun : (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.

hoard

Verb : (transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

Noun : A hidden supply or fund.

Noun : (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

homer

Noun : (US, baseball) A home run.

Verb : (US, baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run.

Noun : (US, colloquial) Synonym of home run (“sexual intercourse”).

honky

Noun : (US, Canada, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.

Noun : (US, obsolete) A factory hand or general unskilled worker.

hollo

Verb : To cry "hollo"

Noun : A cry of "hollo"

hough

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A neighbourhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

Noun : A village and civil parish (served by Hough and Chorlton Parish Council) south of Crewe, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7150).

horae

Noun : (Greek mythology) The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.

houri

Noun : (Islam) A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.

Noun : (by extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.

hoser

Noun : (Canada, slang) A clumsy, boorish person, especially an over-eating, beer-drinking man, or a man prone to petty infractions such as taking other people's food or drinks.

Noun : (Canada, slang) A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.

Noun : (Canada, slang) A person who hoses down a lake after a game of hockey, to return it to a smooth state.

horry

Adjective : (now chiefly dialectal) impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Horace.

howdy

Verb : (transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"

Noun : (Scotland) A wife.

Noun : (Scotland) A midwife.

hokum

Noun : (countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.

Noun : (countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc.

Noun : (countable, informal) A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material.

horsy

Adjective : Of, relating to, or similar to horses.

Adjective : (of a person or people) Involved in breeding or riding horses.

Noun : (childish or endearing) A child's term or name for a horse.

honed

Adjective : Made sharp.

Adjective : Made more accurate or precise.

hopei

Noun : Obsolete spelling of Hebei. [A province in northern China. Capital: Shijiazhuang.]

holon

Noun : (philosophy) Something that is both a part and a whole.

Noun : (particle physics) One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.

homie

Noun : (African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.

Noun : (African-American Vernacular) A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.

Noun : (African-American Vernacular) An inner-city youth.

hooky

Noun : Absence from school or work; truancy.

Adjective : (UK, slang) Dodgy; crooked; illicit.

Adjective : Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.

homey

Adjective : Befitting a home; cozy, intimate.

Noun : Alternative form of homie. [(African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.]

hot on

Adjective : (informal, idiomatic) Enthusiastic for.

Adjective : (informal, idiomatic) Knowledgeable about.

Adjective : (informal, idiomatic) Skilled at.

holie

Adjective : Archaic spelling of holy. [Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.]

hotel

Noun : An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.

Noun : (Australia, western Canada) A public house or pub.

Noun : (South Asia) A restaurant; any dining establishment.

hobby

Noun : An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

Noun : Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).

Noun : (equestrianism) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby.

horst

Noun : (geology) A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.

Noun : A surname.

hosea

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew.

Noun : A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.

Noun : (biblical) A prophet.

hosta

Noun : Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.

holla

Verb : (colloquial) To shout out or greet casually.

Verb : Alternative form of hollo. [To cry "hollo"]

hopes

Verb : To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

Noun : (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

Verb : (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].

hooke

Noun : Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703), an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work. His best remembered contribution was the discovery of the biological cell.

Noun : A village in Dorset, England.

Noun : A surname from Middle English derived from hook, as an occupational or topographical name or a nickname.

hoppy

Adjective : Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.

Adjective : (informal) Characterised by a hopping motion.

hoise

Verb : (transitive, obsolete except after Shakespeare) To hoist.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To hoist, be raised.

hosen

Noun : Coverings for the legs; trousers; pants.

howls

Verb : To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.

Verb : To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.

Noun : The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.

hobit

Noun : (military, historical) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.

hoosh

Verb : (intransitive) To move with a rushing sound; to whoosh.

Noun : A whooshing sound.

Noun : (Antarctica, chiefly historical) A stew made from pemmican or other meat, thickened with biscuit.

holme

Noun : Any of various villages in England.

Noun : A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1987).

Noun : A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5278).

hoast

Verb : (intransitive, dialect) To cough.

Noun : (dialectal) A cough.

Noun : Obsolete form of host. [One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.]

holly

Noun : Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.

Noun : The wood from this tree.

Noun : (with a qualifier) Any of several not closely related plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

hooch

Noun : (Canada, US, informal) An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.

Noun : (Vietnam War-era military slang) A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.

Noun : Alternative form of hoosh (“type of stew”). [A whooshing sound.]

hours

Noun : an indefinite period of tim

Noun : a period of time assigned for wor

hooks

Noun : A surname.

horus

Noun : (Egyptian mythology) The ancient Egyptian falcon-headed god of the sun, sky, war, and kingship.

hotly

Verb : In a heated manner; intensely or vehemently.

Verb : With great amounts of heat.

hogan

Noun : A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.

Noun : A surname from Irish.

Noun : A township in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States.

hokey

Adjective : (US, colloquial) Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.

Adjective : (US, colloquial) Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.

holey

Adjective : Having, or being full of, holes.

hocus

Verb : To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.

Noun : Trick; trickery.

Verb : (obsolete) To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).

honda

Noun : (Southwestern US) A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.

Noun : (Southwestern US) A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.

Noun : A brand of car manufactured by Honda.

hoped

Verb : To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

Noun : (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

Verb : (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].

holes

Noun : A surname.

horal

Adjective : Of or relating to an hour, or to hours.

Noun : A surname.

hosed

Adjective : Ruined, messed up.

Adjective : (not comparable) Wearing hose.

hosts

Noun : One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.

Noun : One that provides a facility for an event.

Noun : A person or organization responsible for running an event.

holds

Noun : "Held" is a song by Smog, released as his first single from his 1999 album Knock Knock.

Noun : a 2023 novel by writer and poet Anne Michaels, published by Knopf, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House.

homel

Noun : Alternative form of Gomel. [The second-largest city of Belarus.]

hoagy

Noun : Alternative form of hoagie. [(US, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic US) A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine sandwich.]

houma

Noun : A city, the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Noun : A historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South.

Noun : A county-level city of Linfen, Shanxi, China.

hoult

Noun : (obsolete) A wood; copse.

holst

hocco

Noun : (archaic) A bird, the crested curassow or royal pheasant, Crax alector.

honks

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.

Verb : (intransitive) To make the vocal sound of a goose.

hofer

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (chiefly sports) A hall-of-famer.

hoppe

Noun : A surname.

hothr

Noun : a blind god; misled by loki he kills balder by throwing a bough of mistleto

hoogh

how so

Verb : How; In what way; however

Verb : (idiomatic) Why; For what reason.

Verb : Used as an intensifier.

hoyer

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and from the floor, a mobility device (such as a wheelchair), seating, and a bed.

hoful

honer

Noun : One who hones.

Noun : A tool used to hone.

Noun : A surname.

hodad

Noun : (surfing, slang, derogatory) Someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs, or that surfs poorly and annoys the local seasoned surfers.

hoker

hooka

Noun : Alternative spelling of hookah. [(recreational inhalants) A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.]

horah

Noun : Alternative form of hora. [(dance) A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.]

hotas

Noun : (aviation) Acronym of hands on throttle-and-stick. A control methodology where one hand rests on the throttle lever, while the other rests on the control stick; and buttons, dials, and switches are placed on the throttle and stick; so that the pilot's hands need not leave the two, to command an aircraft.

hooly

Adjective : (archaic) Holy.

Verb : (archaic, Scotland) Wholly; all the way.

Verb : (archaic, Scotland) Softly; carefully.

horas

Noun : (Toba Batak: ᯂᯬᯒᯘ᯲) the Batak word to express gratefulness, happiness, and healthiness, however it is more commonly used as a simple greeting and goodbye.

hoved

Verb : (nonstandard) Misconstruction of hove, as past tense of heave. [(obsolete, intransitive) To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.]

hodes

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.

hoger

honig

Noun : a surname of German, Dutch and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.

hower

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Obsolete spelling of hour. [(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).]

honie

Noun : Obsolete form of honey. [(uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.]

hooha

hooge

Noun : A German island in the North Sea

hodor

Noun : a fictional character from the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and its TV adaptation, Game of Thrones.

hojas

holde

Noun : Archaic spelling of hold. [A grasp or grip.]

Verb : Archaic spelling of hold. [(transitive) To grasp or grip.]

hooda

Noun : a surname of Jat people primarily found in Haryana, Rajasthan and Western Uttar Pradesh in India.

hooft

horii

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