8-letter words containing h, a, i, n, t
- echinate — bristly; prickly.
- esthonia — Estonia
- ethanoic — (organic chemistry) IUPAC nomenclature for CH3COO-.
- ethnical — (rare) Ethnic.
- fainteth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'faint'.
- faintish — Somewhat faint.
- faithing — the practice of a faith
- fanlight — a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.
- farthing — a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
- fichtean — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy of Johann Fichte.
- fishtank — a glass-sided tank for keeping, displaying, or observing live fish or other aquatic animals.
- gahnites — Plural form of gahnite.
- gnathion — Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- gnathite — any of the mouth appendages of an insect or other arthropod.
- habitant — an inhabitant.
- habiting — Present participle of habit.
- haematin — Alternative spelling of hematin.
- hair net — a cap of loose net, as of silk or nylon, for holding the hair in place.
- hairnets — Plural form of hairnet.
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- handiest — superlative form of handy: most handy.
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- hang it! — an exclamation of anger or exasperation
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- hastings — Thomas, 1860–1929, U.S. architect.
- hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
- haunting — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- hematine — Biochemistry. heme.
- herniate — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- himation — a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- histamin — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- huang ti — the legendary first emperor of China.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- ianthina — Any of the family Janthinidae of violet snails.