8-letter words containing a, d, h, r
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).
- forehead — the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
- forkhead — the head of an arrow
- freehand — drawn or executed by hand without guiding instruments, measurements, or other aids: a freehand map.
- gandhara — an ancient region in what is now NW Pakistan.
- gathered — Simple past tense and past participle of gather.
- gearhead — A mechanical device used to increase the torque of gears.
- ghardaia — a city in N Algeria.
- gheraoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gherao.
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- greyhead — a person with grey hair
- hachured — one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief.
- hadamard — Jacques Salomon [zhahk sa-law-mawn] /ʒɑk sa lɔˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1865–1963, French mathematician.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- haggards — Plural form of haggard.
- hagrider — a person or thing that causes distressing anxiety or apprehension
- hagrides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride.
- hairband — A band for securing or tying back one's hair.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- halliard — any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
- haltered — Simple past tense and past participle of halter.
- halyards — Plural form of halyard.
- hammered — shaped, formed, or ornamented by a metalworker's hammer: a hammered bowl of brass; hammered gold.
- hampered — Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.
- hand-car — a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
- handcars — Plural form of handcar.
- handcart — a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handiron — andiron.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- handrail — a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- 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
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hangared — a shed or shelter.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hankered — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- harald i — called Harald Fairhair. ?850–933, first king of Norway: his rule caused emigration to the British Isles
- harald v — born 1937, king of Norway since 1991.
- harassed — stressed, tormented
- harbored — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- hard hat — protective helmet
- hard pad — (in dogs) an abnormal increase in the thickness of the foot pads: one of the clinical signs of canine distemper
- hard put — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- hard top — A hard top is a vehicle that has a permanent rigid roof.
- hard-ass — a person who follows rules and regulations meticulously and enforces them without exceptions.
- hard-hat — a protective helmet of metal or plastic, especially as worn by construction or factory workers.