8-letter words containing h, a
- ambusher — One who ambushes.
- ambushes — Plural form of ambush.
- amchitka — an island off the coast of SW Alaska, in the W part of the Aleutian Islands: site of U.S. air base during World War II. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- amethyst — Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- amicheme — Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
- amidship — in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
- amimeche — Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- amitabha — (in Pure Land sects) a Bodhisattva who presides over a Pure Land in the west of the universe
- amorphic — Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
- amphibia — the amphibians considered collectively
- amphipod — any marine or freshwater crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the sand hoppers, in which the body is laterally compressed: subclass Malacostraca
- amphiuma — an aquatic, eellike salamander of the genus Amphiuma, of the southeastern U.S., having two pairs of very small feet.
- amphorae — a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
- amphoral — relating to or resembling an amphora
- amphoric — resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung
- amythaon — the son of Cretheus and Tyro who supported Jason's claim to the throne of Iolcus.
- anaglyph — a stereoscopic picture consisting of two images of the same object, taken from slightly different angles, in two complementary colours, usually red and cyan (green-blue). When viewed through spectacles having one red and one cyan lens, the images merge to produce a stereoscopic sensation
- anaphase — the third stage of mitosis, during which the chromatids separate and migrate towards opposite ends of the spindle
- anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
- anarchal — having no government; anarchic
- anarchic — If you describe someone or something as anarchic, you disapprove of them because they do not recognize or obey any rules or laws.
- anarcho- — Anarcho- combines with nouns and adjectives to form words indicating that something is both anarchistic and the other thing that is mentioned.
- anathema — If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it.
- anch'ing — a city in S Anhui province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang: former capital of Anhui.
- anchises — a Trojan prince and father of Aeneas. In the Aeneid, he is rescued by his son at the fall of Troy and dies in Sicily
- anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anchoret — anchorite.
- anchusin — alkanet (sense 1) alkanet (sense 1c)
- ancohuma — one of the two peaks of Mount Sorata
- and how! — very much so!
- and that — everything connected with the subject mentioned
- andizhan — a city in E Uzbekistan. Pop: 413 000 (2005 est)
- anechoic — having a low degree of reverberation of sound
- anephric — (pathology) Without functioning kidneys.
- anethole — a white water-soluble crystalline substance with a liquorice-like odour, used as a flavouring and a sensitizer in the processing of colour photographs. Formula: CH3CH:CHC6H4OCH3
- anhedral — the downward inclination of an aircraft wing in relation to the lateral axis
- anhingas — Plural form of anhinga.
- anhungry — (obsolete, rare) Hungry.
- anorchia — An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
- ant hill — a mound of soil, leaves, etc, near the entrance of an ants' nest, carried and deposited there by the ants while constructing the nest
- antehall — a room or hall serving as a waiting room and entrance to a larger hall.
- anthelix — a prominent curved fold of cartilage just inside the outer rim of the external ear
- anthemia — an ornament of floral forms in a flat radiating cluster, as in architectural decoration, vase painting, etc.
- anthemic — (of a song) like an anthem in being rousing or uplifting.
- anthemis — a genus of aromatic herbs of the family Asteraceae, closely related to Chamaemelum and native to the Mediterranean region and SW Asia
- antheses — Plural form of anthesis.
- anthesis — the time when a flower becomes sexually functional
- anthills — Plural form of anthill.
- anthodia — a flower head or capitulum, especially the head of a composite plant.
- anthrop. — anthropological