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8-letter words containing c, a, h, i

  • ezechias — a king of Judah ?715–?687 bc, noted for his religious reforms (II Kings 18–19)
  • falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
  • fasching — a carnival celebration that precedes Lent in German-speaking countries and communities; Shrovetide.
  • fichtean — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy of Johann Fichte.
  • fishcake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
  • fuchsias — Plural form of fuchsia.
  • gadhelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
  • graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
  • hachioji — a city on SE Honshu, in Japan, W of Tokyo.
  • hacienda — a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
  • hackling — Present participle of hackle.
  • hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
  • haematic — relating to, acting on, having the colour of, or containing blood
  • haggadic — a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover.
  • haircare — The care and treatment of the hair.
  • hairclip — A clip to hold back the hair.
  • haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
  • halachic — Of or pertaining to halacha (Jewish law).
  • halakhic — (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
  • hamlisch — Marvin. 1944–2012, US composer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line (1975)
  • handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
  • handpick — to pick by hand.
  • haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
  • haptical — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
  • hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
  • harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
  • hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
  • hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
  • hattrick — Alternative spelling of hat trickt; three goals in one game.
  • hawfinch — a European grosbeak, Coccothraustes coccothraustes.
  • headlice — Alternative form of head lice.
  • 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.
  • helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
  • hellicat — an evil creature
  • hepatica — any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
  • hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
  • heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
  • heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
  • hexanoic — Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic.
  • hibachis — Plural form of hibachi.
  • hiccatee — a fresh-water tortoise native to the Caribbean
  • hickwall — any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.
  • hickymal — a titmouse
  • hierarch — a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
  • hieratic — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
  • highjack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
  • hijacked — Illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
  • hijacker — a person who hijacks.
  • hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
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