8-letter words containing e, n, t, h
- headhunt — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- headnote — a brief summary, comment, or explanation that precedes a chapter, report, etc.
- heartens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearten.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heat gun — a handheld device that produces a flameless stream of extremely hot air, as for rapid drying or for softening paint for removal.
- heathens — Plural form of heathen.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- hebetant — causing dullness
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heisting — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- hellbent — stubbornly or recklessly determined.
- helminth — a worm, especially a parasitic worm.
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- hematine — Biochemistry. heme.
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- heptagon — a polygon having seven angles and seven sides.
- hereinto — into this place.
- hereunto — to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point: attached hereto; agreeable hereto.
- herniate — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hirrient — a trilled sound in speech or song
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- histones — Plural form of histone.
- hoe into — to eat (food) heartily
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- hometown — the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honewort — any plant of the genus Cryptotaenia, of the parsley family, especially C. canadensis, having clusters of small white flowers.
- honeypot — a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- hortense — a female given name.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hot line — a direct telecommunications link, as a telephone line or Teletype circuit, enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis: the hot line between Washington and Moscow.
- hot zone — a variable area towards the end of a line of text that informs the operator that a decision must be taken as to whether to hyphenate or begin a new line
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- hotliner — a person who speaks to callers on a telephone hot line.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- hueytown — a town in central Alabama.
- huguenot — a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
- hum tone — a note produced by a bell when struck, lying an octave or (in many English bells) a sixth or seventh below the strike tone
- hundreth — Eye dialect of hundredth.
- huntable — capable of being hunted
- huntress — a woman who hunts.
- huntsmen — Plural form of huntsman.
- hutments — Plural form of hutment.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hypernet — (Internet) the Internet inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks.
- hypnotee — a person being hypnotized