Hours

Definition: Hours

Hours

Noun

1. A period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours".

2. An indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hours" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Exertion

Work hard; rough it; put forth one's strength, put forth a strong arm; fall to work, bend the bow; buckle to, set one's shoulder to the wheel; (resolution); work like a horse, work like a cart horse, work like a galley slave, work like a coal heaver; labor day and night, work day and night; redouble one's efforts; do double duty; work double hours, work double tides; sit up, burn the candle at both ends; stick to; (persevere) a; work one's way, fight one's way; lay about one, hammer at.

Futurity

Noun: futurity, futurition; future, hereafter, time to come; approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years; morrow; millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future.

Inaction

Inactivity; rest; (repose); quiescence; want of occupation, inoccupation; idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente; sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no-show job; soft snap, soft thing.

Cool one's heels, kick one's heels; while away the time, while away tedious hours; pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time; talk against time; let the grass grow under one's feet; waste time; (inactive).

Inactivity

Take it easy, take things as they come; lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness; loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence; waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time; burn daylight, waste the precious hours.

Leisure

Noun: leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare moments; vacant hour; time, time to spare, time on one's hands; holiday, relaxation; (rest); otium cum dignitate, ease.

Morning

Peep of day, break of day; aurora; first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning; twilight, crepuscule, sunrise; cockcrowing; the small hours, the wee hours of the morning.

Time

D calendas Groecas; "panting Time toileth after him in vain"; "'gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion "; " rich with the spoils of time"; tempus edax rerum; "the long hours come and go"; "the time is out of joint"; "Time rolls his ceaseless course"; "Time the foe of man's dominion"; "time wasted is existence, used is life"; truditur dies die; volat hora per orbem; carpe diem.

Weariness

Bore, buttonholer, proser, wet blanket; pill, stiff; heavy hours, "the enemy".

Crosswords: Hours

24 hours a day, seven days a week (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

Thirty hours of pain all at once, all for you. (The Crow; writing credit: David J. Schow, John Shirley)

Sometimes plays 15 or 20 hours at a time, just him against the house (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward)

I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

So just keep your snake in its cage for 72 hours. (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke)

You probably spend hours on the phone (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner)

I paid for it with hours of loneliness (Just One More Chance; performing artist: Bing Crosby)

But come the wee wee hours maybe baby the gypsy lied (BRILLIANT DISGUISE; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

There were hours that just went on for days (It's all coming back to me now; performing artist: Celine Dion)

Let the hours roll by (Stay (Wasting Time); performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. (references; author: unknown)

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost. (references; author: unknown)

Parental Observation: A baby usually wakes up in the wee-wee hours of the morning. (references; author: unknown)

If a 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors? (references; author: unknown)

Sleeping on the job: This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work! (references; author: unknown)

24 Hours (2002)

Twenty-four Hours in Czechoslovakia (1968)

The Lusting Hours (1967)

Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The New Nuctemeron: The Twelve Hours of Apollonius of Tyana (reference)

• Sams Teach Yourself Acid 3.0 in 24 Hours (reference)

• Arco 24 Hours to the Civil Service Exams (Arco 24 Hours to the Civil Service Exams, 1st Ed) (reference)

• The Astonished Hours (reference)

• The Everything Crossword and Puzzle Book; Hours of brain-teasing fun-crossword puzzles, acrostics, hidden words and more, for puzzlers at all levels (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Annual Estimates Of Employment : Earnings And Hours (reference)

• Industrial Earnings And Hours Worked (reference)

• 24 Hours (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Eastwood After Hours (Live at Carnegie Hall) (reference)

• The Hours and Times (reference)

• WTC - The First 24 Hours (reference)

• Benny Hill's One Night Video Stand: 2 hours of the Best of Benny Hill (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• 24 Hours of Throbbing Gristle [LIMITED EDITION] [BOX SET] (reference)

• The Hours (Score) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Le Mans 24 Hours (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This is a cartoon from Harper's Weekly circa 1890. It shows an office worker, whose smoking cigar is drooping from his mouth, reading a sign on the wall: "No Smoking In Offices During Office Hours". The caption reads: "another civic-service outrage. Less smoke and more fire". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Pictured is a scanning electron micrograph of cultured HeLa cells originally derived many years ago from a woman's cancerous cervical tissue. A light micrograph (x130) of the same cells (inset) reveals rounded double cells in the center in the process of dividing. This HeLa cell (named after patient Henrietta Lacks) has been infected with adenovirus. After 4-1/2 hours the HeLa cell's surface becomes rough. The multiple surface blebs on this cell characteristic for a certain stage of cell division that both normal and cancer cells go through. Research with the SEM has established the extraordinarily responsive nature of cell surface form. This instrument records, in pictures, specific cell reactions to various changes in the cells environment and maps the distribution of surface binding sites for biologically important molecules such as hormone, antigens, and pharmacologic agents. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Radiograph taken 22 hours before death; AP Chest X-ray. Credit: CDC.

Yersinia pestis grows well on most standard laboratory media, after 48-72 hours, grey-white to slightly yellow opaque raised, irregular “fried egg” morphology; alternatively colonies may have a “hammered copper” shiny surface. Credit: CDC.

This mosaic of Mercury was taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft during its approachon 29 March 1974. The mosaic consists of 18 images taken at 42 s intervals duringa 13 minute period when the spacecraft was 200,000 km (about 6 hours prior to closestapproach) from the planet. Credit: NASA.

Use of Navy Transit satellite receiver Determining latitude and longitude simultaneously Multiple passes over several hours to get good position. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The party that made 329 setups in 7 hours and 55 minutes Working in area of extreme grades Level party of H. J. Oliver. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Coming down from adjusting antenna after 2 hours in 50 below zero weather. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

This image was taken immediately after construction and restoration were completed. The flood occured within hours of restoration and brought chum salmon into the system. The salmon began spawning to the delight of onlookers. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Divers excurt (dive) from AQUARIUS. They can stay out for 9 hours per day. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. (reference)

Nay more, in proportion as the use of machinery and division of labour increases, in the same proportion the burden of toil also increases, whether by prolongation of the working hours, by increase of the work exacted in a given time or by increased speed of the machinery, etc. (reference)

Fifth.­The adoption of a weekly rest of at least twenty-four hours, which should include Sunday wherever practicable. (reference)

All my public life I have worked for a strong France and I never lost faith in her destiny, even in the darkest hours. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

As for his going, Emma did not wish him to think it possible, the hours would be too late, and the party too numerous

It takes you three hours and a half to hear and enjoy an opera

You're proposing twenty hours on a boat- "A small boat," added Mark

M. Myriel could be called at all hours to the bedside of the sick and the dying

The next day he sat at his table in the bare upper room for many hours.

Dad's voice was a midnight school, teaching deep fathom hours, and the subject was life

Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours, Makes the night morning and the noontide night

The truck moved on over the hot earth, and the hours passed

I slept some hours, but perpetually disturbed with dreams of the place I had left, and the dangers I had escaped

For the most part, I minded not how the hours went

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The surgery takes 3 to 4 hours. (references)

ERCP takes 30 minutes to 2 hours. (references)

But it only helps for about 4 hours. (references)

Business

Most of the radio station broadcast 24 hours a day. (references)

The LFT sets 48 hours as the legal workweek, although with pay for 56 hours. (references)

Travel agent functions should be held in the early evening, after work hours. (references)

Children

Finland

The deaf and the mute are provided interpretation services ranging from 120 to 240 hours annually. (references)

South Africa

The law states that any child under the age of 14 must be released within 24 hours into the custody of a parent or guardian when possible. (references)

India

In 1999 the Commission issued directions to all state governments to report within 24 hours any instance of death or rape in such institutions. (references)

Civil Liberties

Gambia

He was released after several hours without charge. (references)

Sierra Leone

The editor was detained and interrogated for 4 hours. (references)

Spain

The period for filing an appeal in such cases is 24 hours. (references)

Economic History

Mauritius

A company can be incorporated within 24 hours. (references)

Mauritius

Traffic congestion is a problem during peak hours. (references)

Denmark

The contractual workweek for most wage earners is 37 hours. (references)

Human Rights

Hungary

Suspects may be held in PSD for up to 24 hours. (references)

Romania

Such a request must be granted within 24 hours. (references)

Bangladesh

After six hours of detention, she was unable to walk. (references)

Indigenous People

Paraguay

Low wages, long work hours, infrequent payment (or nonpayment) of wages, job insecurity, lack of access to social security benefits, and racial discrimination are common. (references)

Minorities

Bangladesh

The army arrived to investigate approximately 10 hours after the blast. (references)

Ghana

However, police and army reinforcements restored order within 48 hours and instituted a strict curfew. (references)

Political Economy

SWEDEN

The standard legal work week is 40 hours or less. (references)

ITALY

A 1997 law reduced the legal workweek from 48 to 40 hours. (references)

MEXICO

Eight hours is the legal workday and six days the legal workweek. (references)

Political Rights

Togo

The elections proceeded and virtually the only candidates to run were those from the RPT. In February 1999, the Council of Ministers passed a decree requiring security forces to vote 3 days before the general population, and some 15,000 military, gendarmes, police, customs officials, and firemen voted on March 18, 1999. Opposition party members of the National Electoral Commission stated that the special voting procedures for security forces violated the Electoral Code because they occurred before the end of campaigning, and that the vote count occurred 72 hours after the vote instead of immediately afterwards. (references)

Trade

Dominican Rep

Shipments may be dispatched in four hours when using Express Dispatch. (references)

Dominican Rep

Clearances can be made in hours if importers make use of express clearance procedures. (references)

Travel

Brazil

Lunch is usually two hours. (references)

Vietnam

Then, Vietnam is eleven hours ahead. (references)

Qatar

Qatar local time is GMT plus 3 hours. (references)

Women

Macedonia

A hot line remained open, but had limited hours. (references)

Netherlands

Persons working fewer than 20 hours per week also are entitled to parental leave. (references)

Portugal

An NGO-operated, toll-free hot line for victims of domestic violence operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (references)

Worker Rights

Tuvalu

The workday by law is set at 8 hours. (references)

Colombia

The work is dangerous and the hours are long. (references)

Switzerland

Most women normally are expelled within 96 hours. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "hours": actual working hours ♦ After hours ♦ after hours market curb ♦ aircraft block hours ♦ at all hours ♦ at peak hours ♦ banking hours ♦ block flying hours ♦ block hours ♦ book of hours ♦ business hours ♦ busy hours ♦ canonical hours ♦ consultation hours ♦ consulting hours ♦ couple of hours ♦ daylight hours ♦ dealings after trading hours ♦ designation of days and hours ♦ during daylight hours ♦ during peak viewing hours ♦ duty hours ♦ extra hours ♦ flexible hours ♦ flexible working hours ♦ flying hours ♦ for 24 hours ♦ for hours ♦ for hours and hours ♦ for hours on end ♦ for two weary hours ♦ fully two hours ♦ heavy hours ♦ hold surgery hours ♦ hours clause ♦ hours fished ♦ hours of attendance ♦ hours of business ♦ hours of duty on call ♦ hours of labour ♦ hours worked ♦ idle hours ♦ in one's waking hours ♦ in school hours ♦ in the dead hours ♦ in waking hours ♦ it takes two hours ♦ keep bad hours ♦ keep early hours ♦ keep good hours ♦ keep late hours ♦ keep regular hours ♦ leisure hours ♦ Little hours ♦ loss of working hours ♦ milliamp hours ♦ office hours ♦ out of school hours ♦ peak hours ♦ peaked hours ♦ pot hours ♦ recorded hours ♦ reduction of working hours ♦ rush hours ♦ school hours ♦ shop hours ♦ shorter hours ♦ small hours ♦ spare hours ♦ surgery hours ♦ take hours over smth. ♦ the small hours ♦ the wee hours ♦ the wee hours of the morning ♦ to keep bad hours ♦ To keep good hours ♦ twenty four hours ♦ unsocial hours ♦ visiting hours ♦ wakeful hours ♦ waste the precious hours ♦ weekly hours ♦ work hours ♦ work unsocial hours ♦ working hours. Additional references.

Beginning with "hours": hours-a-day, hours-a-week, hours-building, hours-for, hours-long, hours-of, hours-worth.

Ending with "hours": early-hours, half-hours, kilowatt-hours, man-hours, out-of-hours, work-hours.

Containing "hours": three-hours-seeming, twenty-four-hours-a-day, twenty-four-hours-in-bed.

Afrikaans

bank-ure (banking hours). (various references)

Albanian

orët e pikut (rush hours), njëzetekatërorësh (day and night, round the clock, twenty four hours), kohë vizitash (visiting hours). (various references)

Arabic 

‏يوم (day, twenty four hours), ‏ساعات الزروة (rush hours), ‏ساعات العمل (schedule, timesheet, timetable, working hours), ‏ساعات الإزدحام الشديد (rush hours), ‏إنتظرت ساعتين (fully two hours), ‏أربع وعشرون ساعة (twenty four hours), ‏بواكير الصباح (small hours). (various references)

Breton

eurioù. (various references)

Bulgarian 

работно време на магазин (shop hours), водя редовен живот (keep regular hours), пикови часове (rush hours), денонощие (day, twenty four hours). (various references)

Chinese 

几小时. (various references)

Czech

ztrávit nad nìèím celou vìènost (take hours over smth.), v dobì vyuèování (in school hours), v dobì špièky (at peak hours), pracovní hodiny (working hours), pracovní doba (working hours), návštìvní hodiny (visiting hours), mimo vyuèování (out of school hours), asociální pracovní hodiny (unsocial hours), èasné hodiny ranní (small hours). (various references)

Danish

holde konsultation (to have consulting hours, to prescribe), arbejdstimer (hours of duty), etmaal (natural day, space of 24 hours), efterbørs (after hours market curb, after market, curb market, junior stock market, OTC market, over-the-counter market, parallel market, parallel stock market, second tier market, third market, unlisted securities market), betalte,men ikke udførte timer såsom betalt årlig ferie,betalte feriedage,betalt sygeorlov (hours which are paid but not worked, or sick-leave with pay, public holidays with pay, such as annual holidays with pay), behovet for beskyttelse mod blaending er fortrinsvis til stede pa bakketoppe,pa straekninger med stor trafik i de moerke timer-isaer lastbiltrafik-retliniestraekninger samt ved indfletninger i venstrekurver (and in weaving sections at left-hand bends(U.K.and IRL:right-hand bends), in straight sections, light-screening devices/anti-glare devices/antidazzle devices/ are particularly necessary at summits/crests/ during the hours of darkness in heavily trafficked sections(especially with heavy goods vehicles)), 24 timers klausul (twenty-four hours clause), arbejdstimer,der rent faktisk er udført (hours of work actually carried out), foreskrive (to have consulting hours, to prescribe), arbejdstidsreduktion (decrease in working time, reduction in working time, reduction of working hours, reduction of working time, shorter hours, shorter working week), arbejdstidsnedsættelse (decrease in working time, reduction in working time, reduction of working hours, reduction of working time, shorter hours, shorter working week), arbejdstidsforkortelse (decrease in working time, reduction in working time, reduction of working hours, reduction of working time, shorter hours, shorter working week), arbejdstidsforbrug i timer (man hours), arbejdstid (hours of labour, work hours, working hours, working time), Arbejdsgruppe vedroerende arbejdstidens virkninger paa arbejdssikkerheden, isaer ved belastende og sundhedsfarligt Arbejde (with Special Reference to Difficult and Unhealthy Workings, Working Party on Effects on Safety of Hours Worked), antal fisketimer (hours fished), astmasymptomer viser sig som regel ikke før efter få timers forløb,og de forværres ved fysisk anstrengelse.Hvile og lægetilsyn er derfor vigtigt (the symptoms of asthma often do not become manifest until a few hours have passed and they are aggravated by physical effort.Rest and medical observation is therefore essential), overarbejdstimer (hours in respect of which compensatory leave has been given), timeklausul (hours clause), tilkaldevagt (call duty, hours of duty on call), tejnetimer (pot hours), symptomerne på lungeødem viser sig ofte ikke før få timer senere,og de forværres ved fysisk anstrengelse.Hvile og lægetilsyn er derfor vigtigt (the symptoms of lung oedema often do not become manifest until a few hours have passed and they are aggravated by physical effort.Rest and medical observation is therefore essential), som kompenseres med fritid (hours in respect of which compensatory leave has been given), som er kompenseret med fritid (hours in respect of which compensatory leave has been given), fleksibel arbejdstid (flexible hours, flexible working hours, flexitime, flextime), rådighedsvagt (call duty, hours of duty on call), flextid (flexible hours, flexible working hours, flexitime, flextime), ordinere (to have consulting hours, to prescribe), nattetoern (night hours), myldretid (peak hour, rush hour, rush hours, rush period), matematik med 6 ugentlige timer (mathematics-6 hours programme), matematik med 4 ugentlige timer (mathematics-4 hours programme), ugentlig arbejdstid (weekly hours), reguleringer vedrørende arbejdstiden (regulations concerning working hours). (various references)

Dutch

uren. (various references)

Esperanto

horoj. (various references)

Finnish

aika (age, day, hour, moment, period, time, while). (various references)

Flemish

openingsuren (opening hours). (various references)

French

heures. (various references)

French Canadian

heures. (various references)

German

Stunden (adjourn, delay, give time to pay, hold in abeyance, postpone), Zeit (age, hour, period, tense, tide, time, while). (various references)

Greek 

ωράριο (timetable, work hours). (various references)

Hebrew 

יממה (a day and a night, calendar day, twenty four hours), לאחר שבת (keep late hours), שעות העבודה (office hours), שעות נוספות (after hours, overtime). (various references)

Hungarian

csúcsforgalom (peak hours, rush hour, rush hours), hivatalos órák (business hours, hours of attendance), óránként (by the hours, hourly), fogadási idő (calling hours), fogadóórák (calling hours, consulting hours), három óra alatt (in three hours), órák hosszat (for hours together, hours on end), három órán belül (in three hours), sokáig szokott fennmaradni (to keep late hours), későn fekszik és későn kel (to keep late hours), későn szokott felkelni (to keep late hours), későn szokott lefeküdni (to keep late hours), minden órakor (on the hours), rendelés (consulting hours, order, orders, ordinance, reservation), rendelési idő (consulting hours), három óra múlva (in three hours). (various references)

Irish

huaireanta. (various references)

Italian

ore (time), orario (hour, hourly, schedule, time, time schedule, timetable, time-table). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

宵 (early night hours, evening). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

にっしょうじかん (daylight hours, hours of sunshine), とどけいででんせんびょう (infectious disease which by law a physician must report to the authorities within 24 hours of diagnosis), じゅぎょうじかん (hours of teaching, school hours), じつどうじかん (actual work hours), じさしゅっきん (staggered work hours), よい (drunkenness, early night hours, evening, good, implied meaning, intoxication, nice, ok, pleasant), よふかし (keeping late hours, nighthawk, sitting up late at night, staying up late), めんかいじかん (visiting or office hours), わりびきじかん (discounted hours, reduced rate hours), ろうどうじかん (man hours, working hours), こうそくじかん (total hours spent working), えいぎょうじかん (business hours), かどうじかん (number of hours worked), すうじかんすれば (in a few hours), ほうそうじかん (air time, broadcasting hours, time), のべじかん (total man hours), さんこう (boring, consultation, dead of night, midnight, midnight to 2 a.m., proceeding to, punching, reference, scattered light, the small hours, the third of five night watches, third proof), さぎょうじかん (working hours), べんきょうじかん (one's study hours), ひこうじかん (flight time, number of flight hours), ひまひま (one's leisure hours), しゅうぎょうじかん (closing hour, work hours), しゅうぎょうじかんちゅう (during working hours), すいみんじかん (hours of sleep, sleeping hours), いっちゅうや (24 hours, a whole day and night). (various references)

Korean 

시간 (Hour, hr, time). (various references)

Manx

traaghyn seyrey (leisure hours), traaghyn mullee (peak hours), ooryn mullee (peak hours), ooryn keayrtagh (visiting hours), ooryn coyrlee (consulting hours). (various references)

Norwegian

åpningstider (business hours). (various references)

Pig Latin

ourshay.(various references)

Portuguese

horas (o'clock). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

horas. (various references)

Romanian

ore. (various references)

Russian 

часы торговли (hours of market), наяву (in one's waking hours), несколько часов (several hours), время работы магазинов (shop hours), глухие часы ночи (dead hours), час пик (peak hour, rush hour, rush hours), первые часы после полуночи (small hours), часы пик (rush back, rush hours, rush-hours), сутки (day, twenty four hours), часы торговли или приема (business hours), часы работы (working hours), рабочее время (labour hours, office hours, operating time, operating-time, uptime), сверхурочная работа (non-official hours, overwork), счастливое время (golden hours), час работы (business hours). (various references)

Scottish

uairean. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vreme najveće saobraćajne gužve (rush hours), u vreme buđenja (waking: in one's waking hours), posle radnog vremena (after hours), određenje dana i časa (designation of days and hours), dvadeset četir sata (twenty four hours), dan (day, daytime, twenty four hours). (various references)

Slovene

ure. (various references)

Somali

saacadaha. (various references)

Spanish

horas (h), las horas. (various references)

Swahili

saa (clock, hour, o'clock, time, watch). (various references)

Swedish

timmar, kontorstid (office hours). (various references)

Tagalog

oras (time). (various references)

Thai

ช่วงตอนเช้า (small hours), หลังเที่ยงคืน (small hours). (various references)

Turkish

saatleri, mesai saatleri (hours of attendance, working hours). (various references)

Ukrainian

часи затишшя (off-peak hours). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "hours": watthours. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hours" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: choeurs, Haouas, Haurus, hoares, hoarns, hoars, honure, hoors, horc, hores, Horun, houer, houes, hourd, houre, hourk, hourse, hous, housr, Houtris, Houts, houues, huers, Huorns, hurs, Huruk, lours. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: hour, ours, rhos, rhus, rush, sour.

-2 letters: ohs, ors, our, rho, sou.

-3 letters: ho, oh, or, os, sh, so, uh, us.

+1 letter: chorus, houris, houser, humors, mohurs, onrush, roughs, rouths, shroud.

+2 letters: aurochs, authors, chouser, dourahs, drouths, fourths, honours, hotspur, housers, humours, hydrous, nourish, ochrous, outrush, pushrod, rehouse, rhombus, roguish, rouches, sahuaro, shouter, shrouds, sorghum, sourish, souther, troughs, unhorse, unshorn, uphroes.

+3 letters: beshroud, bohriums, boroughs, broguish, bronchus, brushoff, chlorous, choragus, choregus, chorused, choruses, chousers, chromous, cornhusk, cothurns, couchers, coughers, crouches, dhourras, droughts, enshroud, euphroes, flourish, futhorcs, futhorks, grouches, harbours, haviours, homburgs, hotspurs, hounders, humidors, humorist, humorous, ichorous, jodhpurs, mouthers, mushroom, ocherous, ochreous, onrushes, outhears, overlush, pushover, pushrods, rehoused, rehouses, resought, rhizopus, rhodiums, rhonchus, rosebush, roughens, roughers, roughest, roughish, roundish, sahuaros, scouther, shortcut, shoulder, shouters, shrouded, sloucher, sorghums, southern, southers, southron, sunporch, superhot, thoriums, thrombus, thrustor, touchers, unhorsed, unhorses, unkosher, uphoards, upthrows, uroliths, urushiol, vouchers, yoghurts.