8-letter words containing e, t, h, r
- grutches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch.
- hair net — a cap of loose net, as of silk or nylon, for holding the hair in place.
- hairiest — covered with hair; having much hair.
- hairnets — Plural form of hairnet.
- haltered — Simple past tense and past participle of halter.
- halteres — Plural form of haltere.
- hampster — Alternative form of hamster.
- hamsters — Plural form of hamster.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- hard-set — firmly or rigidly set; fixed: a hard-set smile.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- haroseth — a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- harshest — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- hartnell — Sir Norman. 1901–79, English couturier
- harvests — Plural form of harvest.
- hastener — Agent noun of hasten; one who hastens.
- hat tree — hall tree.
- hatchery — a place for hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, cared for, and sold or distributed.
- hatchure — Alternative form of hachure.
- hatmaker — a maker of hats
- hatteras — Cape, a promontory on an island off the E coast of North Carolina.
- hau tree — a clambering tree, Hibiscus tileaceus, of tropical shores, having leathery, ovate leaves and yellow flowers that turn dark red as they fade, and yielding a fiber used as cordage.
- headrest — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- hear out — listen to the end
- heartake — Rare spelling of heartache.
- heartens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearten.
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- heartier — Comparative form of hearty.
- hearties — Plural form of hearty.
- heartily — in a hearty manner; cordially: He was greeted heartily.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heartlet — a little heart
- heathers — Plural form of heather.
- heathery — of or like heather.
- heathier — heathery.
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- hectares — Plural form of hectare.
- hectored — Simple past form of hector.
- hectorer — a person who bullies or hectors
- hectorly — in the manner of a hector
- heketara — a small shrub, Olearia rani, which has flowers with white petals and yellow centres
- heliport — a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
- hemipter — a hemipterous insect
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- heptarch — A heptarchist.
- hepworth — Dame Barbara, 1903–75, English sculptor.
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- herb tea — a tea made of dried herbs and spices and usually containing no caffeine.
- heredity — the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.