8-letter words containing h, e, d, l
- delights — Plural form of delight.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- delphine — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dolphins.
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- denglish — a variety of German containing a high proportion of English words
- depolish — to remove the polish from (an object)
- deschool — to separate education from the institution of school and operate through the pupil's life experience as opposed to a set curriculum
- devilish — A devilish idea or action is cruel or unpleasant.
- dihedral — having or formed by two planes.
- dimethyl — ethane.
- diphenyl — biphenyl.
- disflesh — (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the flesh or obesity of.
- dishevel — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- downhole — a hole dug or drilled downward, as in a mine or a petroleum or gas well.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- dry hole — any well drilled for oil or gas that does not yield enough to be commercially profitable.
- dwelleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwell.
- edgehill — a ridge in S Warwickshire: site of the indecisive first battle between Charles I and the Parliamentarians (1642) in the Civil War
- eldritch — Weird and sinister or ghostly.
- elkhound — A large hunting dog of a Scandinavian breed with a shaggy gray coat.
- enshield — to protect
- feedhole — a small opening through which something passes, for instance a cable
- feldsher — (in Russia) a medical doctor's assistant
- flathead — any of several scorpaenoid fishes of the family Platycephalidae, chiefly inhabiting waters of the Indo-Pacific region and used for food.
- fletched — Simple past tense and past participle of fletch.
- flighted — the act, manner, or power of flying.
- flinched — to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
- freehold — a town in E New Jersey: battle of Monmouth courthouse 1778.
- gadhelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- gedaliah — the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
- gilthead — any of several marine fishes having gold markings, as a sparid, Sparus auratus, of the Mediterranean Sea.
- glitched — a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- god help — You use God help you to warn someone that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do a particular thing.
- hadfield — Sir Robert Abbott, 1858–1940, English metallurgist and industrialist.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- hallooed — Simple past tense and past participle of halloo.
- hallowed — regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
- haltered — Simple past tense and past participle of halter.
- handbell — a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.
- handedly — (nonstandard) Easily; with ease.
- handheld — held in the hand or hands: a handheld torch.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handless — without a hand or hands.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.