8-letter words containing h, e, i, g
- hair gel — a jelly-like substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- hargeisa — a city in NW Somalia.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- hegelian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system.
- heigh-ho — used variously to express mild surprise, boredom, disappointment, fatigue, etc., or used as a greeting
- heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heighths — (archaic) Plural form of heighth; an archaic variant of heights.
- heisting — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- hemmings — Plural form of hemming.
- hennaing — an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- heritage — something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.
- hex sign — any of various magical symbols of usually stylized design, as those painted on barns by the Pennsylvania Dutch for protection against evil spirits and now sometimes used for purely decorative purposes.
- hierurgy — a holy act or rite of worship.
- high sea — the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a country.
- high tea — a late afternoon or early evening meal similar to a light supper.
- high-end — being the most expensive and technically sophisticated: high-end stereo equipment.
- high-key — (of a photograph) having chiefly light tones, usually with little tonal contrast (distinguished from low-key).
- high-res — high-resolution.
- highbred — of superior breed.
- highhole — flicker2 .
- highlife — an expensive, glamorous, or elegant style of living.
- highline — kicker (def 9).
- highlite — Misspelling of highlight.
- highness — the quality or state of being high; loftiness.
- highrise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
- highveld — Alternative case form of Highveld.
- hindlegs — Plural form of hindleg.
- hinge on — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- hireling — a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- hl hinge — a surface-mounted hinge that when applied resembles H and L combined.
- holliger — Heinz (haints). born 1939, Swiss oboist and composer
- homegirl — a girl or woman from the same locality as oneself.
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- honeying — Present participle of honey.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- hungrier — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.