8-letter words containing a, h, i, n, d
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- harridan — a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.
- hasidean — Assidean.
- haviland — John, 1792–1852, English architect, in the U.S.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- headwind — a wind opposed to the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to tailwind).
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hindhead — the back of the head
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hindward — backward
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- hyoidean — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- inarched — Simple past tense and past participle of inarch.
- jai hind — victory to India: a political slogan and a form of greeting in Hindi
- jihadeen — jihadists
- katahdin — Mount, the highest peak in Maine, in the central part. 5273 feet (1607 meters).
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- ludhiana — a city in central Punjab, in N India.
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- mahanadi — a river in central India, flowing N and E to the Bay of Bengal. 550 miles (885 km) long.
- manchild — a male child; boy; son.
- nailhead — the enlarged top of a nail, usually flattened but sometimes rounded.
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- sandfish — either of two scaleless fishes of the family Trichodontidae, of the North Pacific, that live in sand or mud.
- sandhill — a hill of sand, esp a dune on the seashore
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- sandyish — somewhat sandy
- shadings — a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc.
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- shin pad — A shin pad is a thick piece of material that you wear inside your socks to protect the lower part of your leg when you are playing a game such as football or rugby.
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- tachinid — any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
- thailand — Formerly Siam. a kingdom in SE Asia: official name of Siam 1939–45 and since 1949. 198,242 sq. mi. (513,445 sq. km). Capital: Bangkok.
- thinclad — a runner on a track team
- unhailed — not acclaimed
- vanished — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- whinyard — a sword
- xanthide — (obsolete, organic chemistry) Any derivative of xanthogen.