8-letter words containing c, h, e, r
- heraclea — an ancient city in S Italy, near the Gulf of Taranto: Roman defeat 280 b.c.
- heracles — Hercules (def 1).
- 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.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- hercules — a hero noted for his great strength, courage, and for the performance of twelve immense labours
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- heretick — Obsolete form of heretic.
- heretics — Plural form of heretic.
- hermetic — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitic — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- herpetic — of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- herschel — Sir John Frederick William, 1792–1871, English astronomer.
- heuchera — any of various North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, having clusters of small, cup-shaped flowers, especially the alumroots.
- hexacore — (computing, of a microprocessor) Composed of six cores.
- hexarchy — a group of six allied states or kingdoms each under its own ruler.
- hexeract — (mathematics) A six-dimensional hypercube.
- 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.
- hijacker — a person who hijacks.
- hire car — a car that you rent for a specified, usually short, period
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- homecare — The care and maintenance of one's home.
- honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- hovercar — A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
- huarache — a Mexican sandal having the upper woven of leather strips.
- huckster — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hurcheon — a hedgehog.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- inarched — Simple past tense and past participle of inarch.
- indrench — to submerge, immerse, or drown (someone in something)
- intrench — Alternative form of entrench.
- isochore — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- kerchief — a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.
- kerching — (onomatopoeia, informal, humorous) Said to indicate that someone is obtaining money, especially a comparatively large amount.
- kerchunk — A sudden heavy blow or thump.
- kirchner — Ernst Ludwig, 1880–1938, German expressionist artist.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- kvetcher — to complain, especially chronically.
- larouche — Lyndon H., Jr. born 1922, U.S. economist and politician.
- launcher — a person or thing that launches.
- lechered — Simple past tense and past participle of lecher.
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- lurchers — Plural form of lurcher.
- lynchers — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- marchers — Plural form of marcher.