8-letter words containing a, t, h, i
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- heritage — something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- herniate — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hetairai — hetaera.
- hetairia — a society or association
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hiatuses — Plural form of hiatus.
- hiawatha — the central figure of The Song of Hiawatha (1855), a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: named after a legendary Indian chief, fl. c1570.
- hiccatee — a fresh-water tortoise native to the Caribbean
- hieratic — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- high hat — a snobbish person
- high tea — a late afternoon or early evening meal similar to a light supper.
- high-hat — to snub or treat condescendingly.
- hightail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- hilarity — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- himation — a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hip bath — small bathtub or bath chair
- hirakata — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, NE of Osaka.
- histamin — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- hit back — retaliate
- hit rate — (architecture) The fraction of all memory reads which are satisfied from the cache.
- hittable — (of a ball or pitch) capable of being hit
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- 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.
- huang ti — the legendary first emperor of China.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- hydatids — Plural form of hydatid.
- hydatoid — watery; resembling water; transparent
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- ianthina — Any of the family Janthinidae of violet snails.
- ianthine — having a violet colour
- ich-laut — the voiceless palatal fricative sound that is written as ch in German ich, often allophonic with the ach-laut
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- in faith — indeed; really
- in haste — in a hurried way
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches