8-letter words containing a, l, h, i
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- headlice — Alternative form of head lice.
- headlike — Having the form of a head or a skull.
- 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.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- heartily — in a hearty manner; cordially: He was greeted heartily.
- hegelian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system.
- heimdall — the god of dawn and light.
- heliacal — pertaining to or occurring near the sun, especially applied to such risings and settings of a star as are most nearly coincident with those of the sun while yet visible.
- helicase — any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
- hellicat — an evil creature
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- hexafoil — a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hickwall — any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- hielaman — an Australian Aboriginal shield
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.
- highball — a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- hightail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- highwall — the unexcavated face of exposed overburden and coal in a surface mine.
- hilarity — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hilliard — Nicholas, 1547–1619, English goldsmith and miniaturist painter.
- hillsman — A man who belongs to a tribe inhabiting the hills.
- himalaya — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- hireable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hittable — (of a ball or pitch) capable of being hit
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- hollaing — Present participle of holla.
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
- hooligan — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.