8-letter words containing h, a, d
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- dzhambul — a city in S Kazakhstan, NE of Chimkent.
- eberhard — Johann August (joˈhan ˈaʊɡʊst). 1739–1809, German philosopher and lexicographer, best known for his German dictionary (1795–1802)
- echidnae — Plural form of echidna.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- eggheads — Plural form of egghead.
- encashed — Simple past tense and past participle of encash.
- enchased — Simple past tense and past participle of enchase.
- endarchy — a central government
- enhanced — enhancement
- eyeshade — A translucent visor used to protect the eyes from strong light.
- fahlband — (geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
- falshood — Obsolete spelling of falsehood.
- famished — extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.
- farmhand — a person who works on a farm, especially a hired worker; hired hand.
- fatheads — Plural form of fathead.
- fathered — a male parent.
- fathomed — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- fauchard — a shafted weapon having a knifelike blade with a convex cutting edge and a beak on the back for catching the blade of an aggressor's weapon.
- flathead — any of several scorpaenoid fishes of the family Platycephalidae, chiefly inhabiting waters of the Indo-Pacific region and used for food.
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).
- forehead — the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
- forkhead — the head of an arrow
- freehand — drawn or executed by hand without guiding instruments, measurements, or other aids: a freehand map.
- fuckhead — a stupid or obnoxious person.
- gadhelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- gandhara — an ancient region in what is now NW Pakistan.
- gandhian — of or relating to Mohandas Gandhi or to Gandhiism.
- gathered — Simple past tense and past participle of gather.
- gearhead — A mechanical device used to increase the torque of gears.
- gedaliah — the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
- ghardaia — a city in N Algeria.
- gheraoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gherao.
- gildhall — (in Britain) the hall built or used by a guild or corporation for its assemblies; town hall.
- gilthead — any of several marine fishes having gold markings, as a sparid, Sparus auratus, of the Mediterranean Sea.
- go ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- go-ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- godheads — Plural form of godhead.
- greyhead — a person with grey hair
- gyandzha — city in NC Azerbaijan, in Transcaucasia: pop. 282,000
- habdalah — a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle.
- habitude — customary condition or character: a healthy mental habitude.
- hachured — one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief.
- hacienda — a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
- had best — should, would be wise to
- hadamard — Jacques Salomon [zhahk sa-law-mawn] /ʒɑk sa lɔˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1865–1963, French mathematician.
- hadassah — a benevolent organization of Jewish women founded in New York City in 1912 by Henrietta Szold and concerned chiefly with bettering medical and educational facilities in Israel, forwarding Zionist activities in the U.S., and promoting world peace.
- hadfield — Sir Robert Abbott, 1858–1940, English metallurgist and industrialist.