8-letter words containing h, e, p
- herptile — A reptile or amphibian.
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- hesperus — an evening star, especially Venus.
- hexapods — Plural form of hexapod.
- hexapody — a measure consisting of six feet.
- hexapole — (physics) Anything having six poles or electrodes.
- hiccuped — Simple past tense and past participle of hiccup.
- hip size — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- hippiest — having big hips.
- hipsters — hipsters, Chiefly British. hiphuggers (def 2).
- holed up — If you are holed up somewhere, you are hiding or staying there, usually so that other people cannot find or disturb you.
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- homepage — Alternative form of home page.
- homeport — The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
- homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
- homotope — (topology, transitive) To define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).
- homotype — an organ or part having a structure similar to that of another organ or part; homologue.
- honeypot — a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- hoopless — without any hoops
- hooplike — Resembling a hoop.
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- hop pole — a pole, usually wooden, up which hop vines are trained
- hopefull — Archaic form of hopeful.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- hopewell — a city in E Virginia, on the James River.
- hopfield — a field in which hops are grown
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- horopter — a projection of the points in the visual field corresponding to the aggregate of points registering on the two retinas.
- horsepox — a disease in horses caused by a virus and characterized by eruptions in the mouth and on the skin.
- hosepipe — (UK, South Africa, Southern US) A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose.
- hospices — Plural form of hospice.
- 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.
- housepet — A domestic pet, one that lives mostly indoors.
- housetop — the top or roof of a house.
- hs&e — HS&E relates to guidelines for the safe and clean operation of industrial processes.
- humphrey — (Duke of Gloucester) 1391–1447, English soldier and statesman (youngest son of Henry IV).
- humpless — having no hump
- hyped up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- hyped-up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hypernet — (Internet) the Internet inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks.
- hypernym — superordinate (def 4).
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hyperope — A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.