8-letter words containing e, d, g, h
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- headbang — To engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music.
- headgate — a gate that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end of a lock or conduit
- headgear — any covering for the head, especially a hat, cap, bonnet, etc.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hedgehog — an Old World, insect-eating mammal of the genus Erinaceus, especially E. europaeus, having spiny hairs on the back and sides.
- hedgehop — to fly an airplane at a very low altitude, as for spraying crops or for low-level bombing in warfare.
- hedgerow — a row of bushes or trees forming a hedge.
- herbaged — covered with grass or herbage
- high-end — being the most expensive and technically sophisticated: high-end stereo equipment.
- highbred — of superior breed.
- highveld — Alternative case form of Highveld.
- hindlegs — Plural form of hindleg.
- hogshead — a large cask, especially one containing from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters).
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hungered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunger.
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- jedburgh — a border town in the Borders region, in SE Scotland: ruins of an abbey.
- knighted — a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
- longhead — a dolichocephalic person.
- midhinge — (statistics) A measure of location of a batch or sample equal to the average of the first and third quartiles. Equivalently, it is the 25% trimmed mid-range;.
- pagehood — the office of, or state of being, a page
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- rhagades — linear cracks or scars found in the skin at the angles of the nose and mouth which are one of the later signs of congenital syphilis
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- sheepdog — a dog trained to herd and guard sheep.
- shingled — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- shrugged — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- sloughed — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- the aged — old people
- the dogs — greyhound racing
- the good — those who are good
- the grid — the national network of transmission lines, pipes, etc, by which electricity, gas, or water is distributed
- unhanged — not yet killed by hanging
- unhedged — a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
- unhinged — having no hinge or hinges, or with the hinges removed: an unhinged gate.
- vychegda — a river in N European Russia, flowing W to the Northern Dvina River. 702 miles (1130 km) long.
- weighted — having additional weight.