8-letter words containing h, c
- archival — Archival means belonging or relating to archives.
- archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
- archiver — One who, or that which, archives.
- archives — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- archmage — A very powerful mage.
- archness — the quality of being arch, or saucily mischievous
- archways — Plural form of archway.
- archwise — like an arch
- arclight — A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
- argerich — Martha. born 1941, Argentinian concert pianist
- armchair — An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.
- armpatch — an insignia, badge, slogan, or the like sewn on the sleeve of a uniform shirt or jacket or affixed to an armband to indicate one's affiliation, sponsorship, rank, etc.
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- ashcroft — Dame Peggy. 1907–91, English stage and film actress
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- asscheek — (vulgar slang) A buttock.
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- atchison — a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- atechnic — a person who has no technical or scientific ability or understanding
- athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
- atrichia — congenital absence or loss of hair.
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attached — If you are attached to someone or something, you like them very much.
- attacher — Someone who attaches.
- attaches — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- autarchy — unlimited rule; autocracy
- avoucher — a person who avouches
- avouches — to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.
- ayacucho — a city in SE Peru: nearby is the site of the battle (1824) that won independence for Peru. Pop: 150 000 (2005 est)
- b school — business school.
- b-school — a business school or business college
- babiches — Plural form of babiche.
- babouche — a Middle-Eastern, particularly Turkish, heelless slipper
- bacchant — a priest or votary of Bacchus
- bacchiac — of, containing, or consisting of bacchii
- bacchius — a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –)
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- backache — Backache is a dull pain in your back.
- backchat — the act of answering back, esp impudently
- backhand — A backhand is a shot in tennis or squash, which you make with your arm across your body.
- backhaul — a return load of cargo; cargo which is carried by a vehicle on its return journey
- backheel — (soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.
- backhoes — Plural form of backhoe.
- backlash — A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- backwash — The backwash of an event or situation is an unpleasant situation that exists after it and as a result of it.
- barchans — Plural form of barchan.
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front