8-letter words containing h, a, c, k
- deckhand — A deckhand is a person who does the cleaning and other work on the deck of a ship.
- deckhead — the undersurface of a deck.
- dickhead — If someone calls a man a dickhead, they are saying that they think he is very stupid.
- dockhand — a dockworker.
- fishcake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fuckhead — a stupid or obnoxious person.
- hack off — sever
- hackable — (computing) That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- hackbuss — Alternative form of hagbut.
- hackette — A female journalist.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- hackwork — writing, painting, or any professional work done for hire and usually following a formula rather than being motivated by any creative impulse.
- halakhic — (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
- halfback — Football. one of two backs who typically line up on each side of the fullback. the position played by such a back.
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- hammocks — Plural form of hammock.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- hardback — A book with a solid binding.
- hardhack — a woolly-leaved North American shrub, Spiraea tomentosa, of the rose family, having short, spikelike clusters of rose-colored flowers.
- hardpack — a bag that has a rigid shell
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- hardtack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- hassocks — Plural form of hassock.
- hassocky — Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
- hatcheck — of, noting, or engaged in the checking of hats, coats, umbrellas, etc., into temporary safekeeping: a hatcheck girl.
- hattrick — Alternative spelling of hat trickt; three goals in one game.
- haulback — (in lumbering) a small line for pulling a cable back to its original position after it has been used to haul a log away.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- haycocks — Plural form of haycock.
- hayracks — Plural form of hayrack.
- haystack — a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the mowed field so as to prevent the accumulation of moisture and promote drying.
- headfuck — an experience that is wildly exciting or impressive
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- hickwall — any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- highjack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
- hijacked — Illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
- hijacker — a person who hijacks.
- hit back — retaliate
- hoe-cake — an unleavened cake made with flour or corn meal: originally baked on a hoe but now usually cooked on a griddle.
- hoecakes — Plural form of hoecake.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.