8-letter words containing d, c, h
- helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
- hendeca- — eleven
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- hepcidin — A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
- 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.
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- hiccuped — Simple past tense and past participle of hiccup.
- hidrotic — Relating to hidrosis.
- 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.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- holodeck — (science fiction) A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
- homicide — the killing of one human being by another.
- honchoed — a leader, especially an assertive leader; chief.
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- hydracid — an acid that does not contain oxygen, as hydrochloric acid, HCl.
- hydrarch — (of a sere) originating in a wet habitat.
- hydronic — of or relating to a heating system for a building in which the medium for carrying heat throughout the structure is circulating water, especially when the circulation is aided by a pump.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydropic — dropsical.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- in dutch — of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
- inarched — Simple past tense and past participle of inarch.
- indrench — to submerge, immerse, or drown (someone in something)
- itchweed — a hellebore, Veratrum album, that is native to Europe
- jochebed — the mother of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- khichadi — Alternative form of khichdi.
- kvetched — Simple past tense and past participle of kvetch.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- lechered — Simple past tense and past participle of lecher.
- leechdom — a remedy
- lichened — Covered with lichen.
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- machilid — jumping bristletail.
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- manchild — a male child; boy; son.
- merchild — a mythical creature with the upper body of a child and the lower body of a fish
- merodach — Marduk.
- methodic — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- midwatch — middle watch.
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- ochidore — a crab, variously the shore crab (Carcinus Maenas), spider crab (esp of the family Maioidea), or swimming crab (esp of the family Portunidae)
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- old chum — a person who is experienced, esp in life in colonial Australia
- orchards — Plural form of orchard.
- orchido- — testicle
- outchide — to exceed in chiding