8-letter words containing h, a, f, t
- half-cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-wit — a person who is feeble-minded.
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- handfast — Archaic. a covenant or contract, especially a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp.
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatefull — Obsolete form of hateful.
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- headfast — a mooring rope at the bows of a ship
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- in faith — indeed; really
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- manshift — the work accomplished by one person in one shift
- misfaith — Lack of faith; distrust.
- not half — Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say 'he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.
- on faith — through trust; without proof or evidence
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- saltfish — salted cod
- shafting — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- soft hat — a hat made from soft rather than stiff and structured materials
- softhead — a half-witted or silly person
- starfish — any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid.
- subshaft — a secondary shaft in a mine
- thankful — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- the fall — Adam's sin of disobedience and the state of innate sinfulness ensuing from this for himself and all mankind
- the flag — (in Victoria, Australia) the Australian Rules premiership
- the flat — flat racing, esp as opposed to steeplechasing and hurdling
- thus far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- toadfish — any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish) ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- watchful — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- what for — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- wrathful — very angry; ireful; full of wrath: They trembled before the wrathful queen.