8-letter words containing a, h, n
- john hay — John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
- john law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- johnboat — a light, square-ended, flat-bottomed skiff, used in shallow water.
- johnniac — (computer) A mainframe computer based on a design by John von Neuman built at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA. The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966. Its memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron" vacuum tubes, each of which held 256 bits of data.
- jonathan — a son of Saul and friend of David. I Sam. 18–20.
- junagadh — a town in India, in Gujarat: noted for its Buddhist caves and temples. Pop: 168 686 (2001)
- junkhead — (slang) a junkie, drug addict.
- junkheap — A collection or pile of unwanted things.
- ka-ching — expressing sth moneymaking
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kandahar — a city in S Afghanistan.
- katahdin — Mount, the highest peak in Maine, in the central part. 5273 feet (1607 meters).
- kathleen — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- kelthane — a pesticide sprayed on agricultural and ornamental plants to eliminate mites
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- khamenei — Ayatollah Mohammed Ali, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.
- khamseen — Alternative spelling of khamsin.
- khanates — Plural form of khanate.
- khanjars — Plural form of khanjar.
- khansama — A male cook, who often also assumes the role of house steward.
- khatanga — a river in N central Siberian Russia, flowing SE and N to the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea. 715 miles (1150 km) long.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kinshasa — People's Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 132,046 sq. mi. (341,999 sq. km). Capital: Brazzaville. Formerly French Congo, Middle Congo.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- lahontan — Lake, an Ice Age lake in W Nevada and NE California, about 8600 sq. mi. (22,000 sq. km): remnants include Carson Sink, Pyramid Lake.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- langshan — one of a breed of large, black or white, white-skinned Asiatic domestic chickens, having a single comb and feathered shanks and producing dark-brown eggs.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lanthorn — lantern.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- launcher — a person or thing that launches.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- law-hand — a style of handwriting used in old legal documents, especially in England.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leathern — made of leather.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- lezghian — a member of a people living mainly in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation.