8-letter words containing h, a, r, d, c
- hardback — A book with a solid binding.
- hardcase — a container that has a rigid structure
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hardcore — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hardface — an uncompromising person
- hardhack — a woolly-leaved North American shrub, Spiraea tomentosa, of the rose family, having short, spikelike clusters of rose-colored flowers.
- hardpack — a bag that has a rigid shell
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- hardtack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- headrace — the race, flume, or channel leading to a water wheel or the like.
- 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.
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- hydracid — an acid that does not contain oxygen, as hydrochloric acid, HCl.
- hydrarch — (of a sere) originating in a wet habitat.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- inarched — Simple past tense and past participle of inarch.
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- merodach — Marduk.
- mouchard — a police informer or spy
- orchards — Plural form of orchard.
- pilchard — a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
- prichard — a city in S Alabama.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- richards — a male given name.
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.
- rondache — a small, round shield
- searched — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- shadrach — a companion of Daniel who, with Meshach and Abednego, was thrown into the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar and came out unharmed. Dan. 3:12–30.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- thridace — a sedative made from lettuce juice
- tracheid — an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support. Compare vessel (def 5).
- tranched — Finance. one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment: The loan will be repaid in three tranches. a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering: The second tranche of the bond issue has a five-year maturity.
- unarched — (of a structure) not arched; lacking arches