8-letter words containing h, e, a, d, l
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- head lad — a man who is in charge of a racing stable
- headedly — (in combination) In the specified headed manner.
- headlamp — headlight.
- headland — a promontory extending into a large body of water.
- headless — without a head.
- 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.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- headwall — a cliff or steep slope rising at one end of a glaciated valley.
- heatedly — made hot or hotter; warmed.
- 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.
- hellward — towards hell
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heralded — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- heraldry — the science of armorial bearings.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- holdable — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hollande — François (frɑ̃swa). born 1954, French socialist politician, president of France (2012–17)
- holyhead — a seaport on Holy Island in NW Wales.
- homeland — one's native land.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- lakehead — Thunder Bay.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- lathered — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- longhead — a dolichocephalic person.
- lunkhead — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.
- lushhead — lush2 (def 1).
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- nailhead — the enlarged top of a nail, usually flattened but sometimes rounded.
- pillhead — a person who habitually takes pills, especially amphetamines or barbiturates.
- pleached — having interlaced stems or boughs
- railhead — the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid.
- rehandle — to handle again
- rehauled — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.