They entertained a houseful of guests.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun, : a houseful of weekend guests. ,He had several housefuls of furniture.    From Dictionary.com. 

Around 20 theatres in Bangalore where the film was being shown had 'houseful' boards put up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News & Analysis] Reference

And the comb has a houseful of heads to ride over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Molly Magid Hoagland: Same Old Things] Reference

A houseful of people generates a lot of body heat.    From Wordnik.com.  [40 ways to recognize Earth Day's 40th anniversary] Reference

  There is no way I can handle a houseful of snakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atonement] Reference

Highlanders to a packed houseful of men and officers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference

It takes a forgiving woman to run a houseful of boys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life with Father] Reference

But first, a houseful of rotting bodies found in Ohio.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2009] Reference

“This is a houseful of women, and I ... never mind.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hollow]

Do you think that -- because you got a houseful of women.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2008] Reference

BEVERLY: I've always dreamed of having a houseful of kids.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2006] Reference

Haven't watched it yet because I have a houseful of in-laws.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

A: A houseful of nerdy in-laws singing Karaoke for Christmas.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

Just one hour, the fans can pull out a houseful of heated air.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2005] Reference

It was like suddenly meeting a houseful of friends and lovers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great California Game]

Q: What's worse than a houseful of nerdy in-laws for Christmas?.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

In just one hour, the fans can pull out a houseful of heated air.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2005] Reference

I've got a houseful of people to get up and cook for the next day.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

I've had a houseful of in-laws for more time than I cared to have.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm in a houseful of Yankees, but I'm a Met fan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Subway Series Creates 'Civil' War in New York - October 21, 2000] Reference

It was declared a hit because all shows were 'houseful', "says Kumar.    From Wordnik.com.  [NAACHGAANA] Reference

DOBBS: Particularly when he has a houseful of things to get in order.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2008] Reference

"Because I have a houseful of guests in need of entertainment," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unforgiven]

But, with your houseful, surely you can spare more than two of your family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference

When your spatula is news, I know you said you wanted a houseful of babies.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2009] Reference

"But I can't talk a blue streak to the whole houseful at once," Lark protested.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prudence Says So] Reference

I should think you would feel dreadfully to have a whole houseful right opposite. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

And no houseful of wide-awake vampires with their intrusively sensitive hearing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eclipse]

"And certainly not the memory to leave with the whole houseful of guests," he agreed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ungrateful Governess]

At home she was the moving power about which the houseful of servants meekly revolved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference

That ought, by rights, to be enough to set a whole houseful of boys journeying into the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories] Reference

So the rest of the wives claim to be single moms struggling to raise a houseful of dependents.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 10, 2006] Reference

So the rest of the wives claim to be single moms, struggling to raise a houseful of dependents.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 11, 2006] Reference

What causes more holiday headaches: a houseful of relatives or the words "some assembly required"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holiday Pain] Reference

Friends and crusaders in Washington trying to get a houseful of politicians to do the right thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2006] Reference