8-letter words containing a, h, n
- at night — If it is a particular time at night, it is during the time when it is dark and is before midnight.
- atchison — a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- atechnic — a person who has no technical or scientific ability or understanding
- athanasy — an absence of death or the condition of everlasting life
- atheling — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a prince of any of the royal dynasties
- atheneum — (initial capital letter) a sanctuary of Athena at Athens, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and frequented by poets and scholars.
- athenian — a native or inhabitant of Athens
- atherine — any of several small fish of the genus Atherina
- atherton — Mike, full name Michael Andrew Atherton. born 1968, English cricketer: played for Lancashire (1987–2001) and England (1989–2001); captain of England (1993–1998)
- athonite — of or relating to Mount Athos.
- aunthood — the state of being, or relationship of, aunt
- autobahn — An autobahn is a German motorway.
- bacchant — a priest or votary of Bacchus
- backhand — A backhand is a shot in tennis or squash, which you make with your arm across your body.
- bahamian — Bahamian means belonging or relating to the Bahamas or to its people or culture.
- bahraini — of or relating to Bahrain
- bairnish — childish
- bandfish — a Mediterranean fish with an elongated body
- bandhani — A style of tie-dyeing practised in parts of India.
- banished — Simple past tense and past participle of banish.
- banisher — someone who or something which banishes
- banishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banish.
- bankhead — Tallulah (Brockman). 1902–68, US stage and film actress; her successes included the plays The Little Foxes (1939) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1942)
- banshees — Plural form of banshee.
- barchans — Plural form of barchan.
- barehand — to field (the ball) with one's bare hands rather than one's glove
- barthian — of or relating to Karl Barth, or his ideas
- bas-rhin — a department of NE France in Alsace region. Capital: Strasbourg. Pop: 1 052 698 (2003 est). Area: 4793 sq km (1869 sq miles)
- bashings — Plural form of bashing.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- batching — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- bath bun — a sweet bun containing spices and dried fruit
- bauhinia — any climbing or shrubby leguminous plant of the genus Bauhinia, of tropical and warm regions, widely cultivated for ornament
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- beathing — Present participle of beath.
- bechance — to happen (to)
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- behappen — to befall
- benchman — a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.
- benghazi — a port in N Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: centre of Italian colonization (1911–42); scene of much fighting in World War II. Pop: 1 080 500 (2002 est)
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- bien hoa — a town in S Vietnam: a former capital of Cambodia. Pop: 520 000 (2005 est)
- bithynia — an ancient country on the Black Sea in NW Asia Minor
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- boehmian — of or relating to Boehmenism.
- boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
- bohemian — Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.