8-letter words containing h, e, a, t, d
- head tax — a uniform tax or surcharge imposed upon every person or every adult in a specific group, as on those entering or leaving a country or using a particular service or conveyance.
- headbutt — A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into the opponent, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.
- headfast — a mooring rope at the bows of a ship
- headgate — a gate that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end of a lock or conduit
- headhunt — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- headmost — most advanced; foremost.
- headnote — a brief summary, comment, or explanation that precedes a chapter, report, etc.
- headrest — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- headsets — Plural form of headset.
- headshot — a photograph of someone's face, especially a promotional photograph of a model, actor, or author.
- headstay — (on a sailing vessel) a stay leading forward from the head of the foremost mast to the stem head or the end of the bowsprit.
- heatedly — made hot or hotter; warmed.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hotheads — Plural form of hothead.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- judahite — a member of the tribe of Judah or of the kingdom of Judah.
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- 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.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- masthead — Also called flag. a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- meathead — blockhead; dunce; fool.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- neatherd — cowherd.
- predeath — occurring before or in the lead-up to death; of or pertaining to the period immediately prior to death
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- red heat — the temperature of a red-hot body.
- rethread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- sacheted — contained in a sachet
- shadiest — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- sheathed — a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- shetland — Shetland Islands.
- shithead — a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- sidepath — a minor path
- snatched — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- softhead — a half-witted or silly person
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- 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.
- stemhead — the head of the stem of a vessel
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- stephead — dropline.
- t-shaped — having the shape of a letter T
- thaddeus — one of the twelve apostles. Matt. 10:3.
- thanedom — something that belongs to or lies within the jurisdiction of a thane
- thatched — Also, thatching. a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
- the aged — old people
- the bard — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.