8-letter words containing a, n, h, r
- hairpins — Plural form of hairpin.
- 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.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- hankered — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- hankerer — A person who hankers.
- hannover — a member of the royal family that ruled Great Britain under that name from 1714 to 1901.
- hanratty — James. 1936–62, Englishman executed, despite conflicting evidence, for a murder on the A6 road. Subsequent public concern played a major part in the abolition of capital punishment in Britain. New DNA evidence led to an appeal by Hanratty's supporters being dismissed in 2002
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- harangue — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- harappan — of or relating to Harappa, especially the Bronze Age culture of the Indus valley civilization.
- hard-won — If you describe something that someone has gained or achieved as hard-won, you mean that they worked hard to gain or achieve it.
- hardened — made or become hard or harder.
- hardener — a person or thing that hardens.
- 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.
- hardness — the state or quality of being hard: the hardness of ice.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harkened — Simple past tense and past participle of harken.
- harkness — Edward Stephan, 1874–1940, U.S. philanthropist.
- harmalin — chemical derived from harmala
- harmonia — the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harpagon — (obsolete) a grappling hook.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harpoons — Plural form of harpoon.
- harridan — a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.
- harriman — Edward Henry, 1848–1909, U.S. financier and railroad magnate.
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- harrying — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- harshing — Present participle of harsh.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- hartmann — (Karl Robert) Eduard von [kahrl roh-buh rt ey-doo-ahrt fuh n] /kɑrl ˈroʊ bərt ˈeɪ duˌɑrt fən/ (Show IPA), 1842–1906, German philosopher.
- hartnell — Sir Norman. 1901–79, English couturier
- harunobu — Suzuki [soo-zoo-kee] /sʊˈzu ki/ (Show IPA), 1720?–70, Japanese painter and printmaker.
- hastener — Agent noun of hasten; one who hastens.
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.