8-letter words containing e, r, k
- hairlike — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
- hankered — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- hankerer — A person who hankers.
- harakeke — (NZ) flax, specifically Phormium tenax.
- hardbake — almond toffee
- harkened — Simple past tense and past participle of harken.
- harkness — Edward Stephan, 1874–1940, U.S. philanthropist.
- hatmaker — a maker of hats
- hauberks — Plural form of hauberk.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- hay rake — a farm implement used to rake hay from a swath into a windrow.
- haymaker — a person or machine that cuts hay and spreads it to dry.
- headmark — a characteristic
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- hearkens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearken.
- heartake — Rare spelling of heartache.
- hecklers — Plural form of heckler.
- heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
- heketara — a small shrub, Olearia rani, which has flowers with white petals and yellow centres
- hekhsher — hechsher.
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- herakles — Hercules
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- herblike — Resembling a herb or some aspect of one.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- herdbook — A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
- herdlike — Resembling a herd or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- heretick — Obsolete form of heretic.
- herkimer — Nicholas, 1728–77, American Revolutionary general.
- herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
- hijacker — a person who hijacks.
- homework — schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).
- 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.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- huckster — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- hunkered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunker.
- ice rink — arena with ice-covered floor
- icemaker — an appliance for making ice, especially ice cubes: Some refrigerators have built-in icemakers.
- inkberry — Also called gallberry. a shrub, Ilex glabra, having leathery, evergreen leaves and black berries.
- inkerman — a town in S Crimea, in S Ukraine: Russian defeat by the English and French 1854.
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- invokers — Plural form of invoker.
- ironlike — Resembling iron or some aspect of it.
- j-stroke — (in canoeing) a stroke, made in the shape of the letter J, used to alter the course of the canoe, usually to compensate for drifting sideways.
- jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jerk off — a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement: The train started with a jerk.