8-letter words containing d, i, l
- handbill — a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- handling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- handmill — A mill for grinding grain, pepper, coffee, etc. worked by hand as distinguished from those driven by steam, water, or other power; a quern.
- handrail — a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- harald i — called Harald Fairhair. ?850–933, first king of Norway: his rule caused emigration to the British Isles
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- hardtail — blue runner.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- haviland — John, 1792–1852, English architect, in the U.S.
- havildar — A military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- headlice — Alternative form of head lice.
- headlike — Having the form of a head or a skull.
- headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- heelside — (board sports) the side of the board nearest the heel.
- heimdall — the god of dawn and light.
- helicoid — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helideck — (nautical) A platform (on a vessel or offshore structure) on which helicopters may land and take off.
- heliodor — a clear yellow variety of beryl used as a gemstone.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
- 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.
- herdlike — Resembling a herd or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- hiddenly — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- hidlings — in secret, secretly
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- highveld — Alternative case form of Highveld.
- hilliard — Nicholas, 1547–1619, English goldsmith and miniaturist painter.
- hillside — a township in NE New Jersey.
- hindfell — the mountain on whose fiery top Brynhild slept until awakened by Sigurd.
- hindlegs — Plural form of hindleg.
- hindlimb — Alternative spelling of hind limb.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hog wild — highly excited; without moderation or restraint
- hog-wild — wildly or intemperately enthusiastic or excited.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space