8-letter words containing h, a, i, d
- dabchick — any of several small grebes of the genera Podiceps and Podilymbus, such as Podiceps ruficollis of the Old World
- dahabieh — A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
- daishiki — dashiki
- dalglish — Kenny, born 1951, Scottish footballer: a striker, he played for Celtic (1968–77) and for Liverpool (1977–89): manager of Liverpool (1985–91; 2011–12), of Blackburn Rovers (1991–95), Newcastle United (1997–98), and Celtic (2000): Scotland's most-capped footballer (102 appearances, 1971–86)
- dandyish — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- danishes — Plural form of danish.
- daphnias — Plural form of daphnia.
- dashikis — Plural form of dashiki.
- dauphine — the wife of a dauphin
- daylight — Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
- dealfish — any deep-sea teleost fish of the genus Trachipterus, esp T. arcticus, related to the ribbonfishes and having a very long tapelike body and a fan-shaped tail fin
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- diadochi — the six Macedonian generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought for control of his empire in the Wars of the Diadochi (321–281 bc)
- diadochy — the replacement of one element in a crystal by another
- diaglyph — any instance of artwork carved into the surface of a hard substance (predominantly stone or metal), such that the design is set back from the surface; an intaglio
- diagraph — a device for enlarging or reducing maps, plans, etc
- dianthus — any Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant of the widely cultivated genus Dianthus, such as the carnation, pink, and sweet william
- diaphane — Something transparent or diaphanous.
- diaphone — the set of all realizations of a given phoneme in a language
- diaphony — a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
- diarchal — Relating to, or pertaining to, diarchy or a diarchy system.
- diarrhea — If someone has diarrhea, a lot of liquid feces comes out of their body because they are ill.
- dichasia — Plural form of dichasium.
- dickhead — If someone calls a man a dickhead, they are saying that they think he is very stupid.
- didrachm — (in ancient Greece) a silver coin worth two drachmas
- die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- die-hard — a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.
- diehards — Plural form of diehard.
- digicash — (company) A company, started in April 1990, which aims to develop and license products to support electronic payment methods including chip card, software only, and hybrid.
- digraphs — Plural form of digraph.
- dihedral — having or formed by two planes.
- dinarchy — duarchy.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- diphonia — diplophonia.
- dishabit — to dislodge
- disheart — Obsolete form of dishearten.
- dishoard — to put previously withheld (money) into circulation
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- dishrags — Plural form of dishrag.
- dishware — dishes used for food; tableware.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- dochmiac — resembling a dochmius in form or structure
- dohnanyi — Ernst von [ernst fuh n] /ɛrnst fən/ (Show IPA), or Ernő [er-nœ] /ˈɛr nœ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1960, Hungarian pianist and composer in the U.S.
- dong hai — East China Sea.
- drabbish — Somewhat drab in colour.
- draffish — resembling draff
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.