8-letter words containing h, e, a, l
- hexafoil — a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon
- hexaglot — a book written in six languages
- hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hexapole — (physics) Anything having six poles or electrodes.
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hielaman — an Australian Aboriginal shield
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hireable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hittable — (of a ball or pitch) capable of being hit
- hla gene — any of a complex of genes, located on human chromosome 6, that govern the expression of HLA.
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- 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.
- hole saw — crown saw.
- hollande — François (frɑ̃swa). born 1954, French socialist politician, president of France (2012–17)
- holyhead — a seaport on Holy Island in NW Wales.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- homeland — one's native land.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- hotplate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hov lane — a highway or street lane for high-occupancy vehicles, usually marked with large diamond shapes on the pavement.
- huggable — evoking a desire to hug close; inviting a close embrace; cuddly: a huggable little baby.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- hummable — (of a piece of music) able to be hummed easily; melodic; tuneful.
- huntable — capable of being hunted
- huxleian — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- huxleyan — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- impleach — to intertwine
- inchmeal — by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
- inhalers — Plural form of inhaler.
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- kathleen — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- keelhaul — Nautical. to haul (an offender) under the bottom of a ship and up on the other side as a punishment.
- kehillah — the organization of the Jewish population of a community that deals with charities and other communal affairs.
- kelthane — a pesticide sprayed on agricultural and ornamental plants to eliminate mites
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- klatches — Plural form of klatch.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- l1 cache — primary cache
- l2 cache — secondary cache