8-letter words containing h, a, i, d
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- haviland — John, 1792–1852, English architect, in the U.S.
- havildar — A military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- head dip — a maneuver in which a surfer, by squatting and leaning forward on the surfboard, partially dips his or her head into the wall of a wave.
- headfish — ocean sunfish.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headlice — Alternative form of head lice.
- headlike — Having the form of a head or a skull.
- headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- headwind — a wind opposed to the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to tailwind).
- heimdall — the god of dawn and light.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
- high day — a holy or festal day.
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- 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.
- hilliard — Nicholas, 1547–1619, English goldsmith and miniaturist painter.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hindhead — the back of the head
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hindward — backward
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hokkaido — a large island in N Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- hreidmar — (in the Volsunga Saga) the father of Fafnir, Otter, and Regin. He demanded wergild from the gods for killing Otter, and was killed by Fafnir when he got it.
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- hydatids — Plural form of hydatid.
- hydatoid — watery; resembling water; transparent
- hydracid — an acid that does not contain oxygen, as hydrochloric acid, HCl.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.