8-letter words containing h, a, e, m
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- champers — Champers is champagne.
- charmers — Plural form of charmer.
- chemical — Chemical means involving or resulting from a reaction between two or more substances, or relating to the substances that something consists of.
- chessman — any of the eight pieces and eight pawns used by each player in a game of chess
- chetumal — city in SE Mexico: capital of Quintana Roo state: pop. 38,000
- chimaera — any tapering smooth-skinned cartilaginous deep-sea fish of the subclass Holocephali (or Bradyodonti), esp any of the genus Chimaera. They have a skull in which the upper jaw is fused to the cranium
- chimenea — An earthenware outdoor fireplace shaped like a light bulb, with the bulbous end housing the fire and typically supported by a wrought-iron stand.
- chimeral — Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses).
- chimeras — Plural form of chimera.
- chiminea — a free-standing outdoor fireplace with a rounded body
- choreman — a handyman or odd-job man
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chummage — (formerly) a fee paid by a prisoner for sole occupancy of a cell
- coachmen — Plural form of coachman.
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- dagenham — part of the Greater London borough of Barking and Dagenham: engineering and chemicals
- damehood — The fact or condition of being a dame.
- demarche — move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
- drumhead — the membrane stretched upon a drum.
- dumbhead — blockhead.
- earthman — a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthmen — Plural form of earthman.
- east ham — a former borough, now part of Newham, in SE England, near London.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- eichmann — Karl Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1902–62, Austrian Nazi official, who took a leading role in organizing the extermination of the European Jews. He escaped to Argentina after World War II, but was captured and executed in Israel as a war criminal
- empathic — Showing or expressing empathy.
- emphases — Plural form of emphasis.
- emphasis — Special importance, value, or prominence given to something.
- emphatic — Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
- enanthem — (pathology) A lesion of the mucous membrane (especially of the mouth).
- ephemera — Things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time.
- epithema — a horny outgrowth on the beaks of birds
- erythema — Superficial reddening of the skin, usually in patches, as a result of injury or irritation causing dilatation of the blood capillaries.
- esh sham — the capital of Syria, in the southwest: reputedly the oldest city in the world, having been inhabited continuously since before 2000 bc Pop: 2 317 000 (2005 est)
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- euthymia — (psychology) A normal, non-depressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity.
- exanthem — A widespread rash usually occurring in children.
- exhumate — (obsolete) To exhume; to disinter.
- famished — extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.
- famishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of famish.
- fathomed — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- freshman — a student in the first year of the course at a university, college, or high school.
- gamashes — High boots or buskins.
- grapheme — a minimal unit of a writing system.
- habermas — Jürgen (ˈjyrɡən). born 1929, German social theorist: his chief works are Theory and Practice (1963) and Knowledge and Human Interests (1968)
- haematic — relating to, acting on, having the colour of, or containing blood
- haematin — Alternative spelling of hematin.