8-letter words containing h, e, n
- chretien — (Joseph Jacques) Jean. born 1934, Canadian Liberal politician; prime minister of Canada (1993–2003)
- christen — When a baby is christened, he or she is given a name during the Christian ceremony of baptism. Compare baptize.
- chromene — a compound derived from plants, used as an insecticide
- chroneme — A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.
- chunders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunder.
- chunters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter.
- churners — Plural form of churner.
- chutneys — Plural form of chutney.
- cinchers — Plural form of cincher.
- cleaneth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clean.
- clenched — Closed tightly.
- clencher — something or someone who clenches
- clenches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clench.
- clinched — Simple past tense and past participle of clinch.
- clincher — A clincher is a fact or argument that finally proves something, settles a dispute, or helps someone achieve a victory.
- clinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clinch.
- coachmen — Plural form of coachman.
- cohenite — a rare microscopic mineral, carbide of iron, nickel, or cobalt, (Fe, Ni, Co) 3 C, found in lunar rocks and some meteorites.
- coherent — If something is coherent, it is well planned, so that it is clear and sensible and all its parts go well with each other.
- cohering — Present participle of cohere.
- cohesion — If there is cohesion within a society, organization, or group, the different members fit together well and form a united whole.
- coinhere — to inhere together
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- conchate — conchiform
- conchies — Plural form of conchy.
- conehead — a stupid person.
- cornhole — to have anal intercourse with.
- corniche — a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff
- crenshaw — a hybrid variety of melon with yellow skin and pale pink flesh
- crunched — Simple past tense and past participle of crunch.
- cruncher — the critical or decisive thing
- crunches — Plural form of crunch.
- cuxhaven — a port in NW Germany, at the mouth of the River Elbe. Pop: 52 876 (2003 est)
- cynanche — any disease of the throat characterized by inflammation and swelling
- dagenham — part of the Greater London borough of Barking and Dagenham: engineering and chemicals
- dahlgren — John Adelphus Bernard, 1809–70, U.S. naval officer and inventor.
- danishes — Plural form of danish.
- dauphine — the wife of a dauphin
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deckhand — A deckhand is a person who does the cleaning and other work on the deck of a ship.
- deerhorn — the horn of a deer
- dehorned — Simple past tense and past participle of dehorn.
- dehorner — A device for cutting the horns off an animal's head.
- dehyphen — a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
- deighton — Len. born 1929, British thriller writer. His books include The Ipcress File (1962), Bomber (1970), and the trilogy Berlin Game, Mexico Set, and London Match (1983–85)
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- delphine — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dolphins.
- demijohn — a large bottle with a short narrow neck, often with small handles at the neck and encased in wickerwork
- deminish — Obsolete form of diminish.
- demonish — Like or characterisic of a demon; demonic.