8-letter words containing h, e, r, m, a
- hermaean — denoting or relating to a herm
- herrmann — Bernard, 1911–75, U.S. conductor and composer.
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hexagram — a six-pointed starlike figure formed of two equilateral triangles placed concentrically with each side of a triangle parallel to a side of the other and on opposite sides of the center.
- homecare — The care and maintenance of one's home.
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- homeware — crockery, furniture, and furnishings with which a house, room, etc, is furnished
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- hreidmar — (in the Volsunga Saga) the father of Fafnir, Otter, and Regin. He demanded wergild from the gods for killing Otter, and was killed by Fafnir when he got it.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- ihimaera — Witi (ˈwɪtɪ), full name Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler. born 1944, New Zealand Māori novelist and short-story writer; his novels include The Whale Rider (1987) and The Uncle's Story (2002)
- jeremiah — a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- maghrebi — a native or inhabitant of the Maghreb.
- mahendra — (Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva) 1920–72, king of Nepal 1955–72.
- mairehau — a small aromatic shrub Phebalium nudum, of New Zealand's North Island
- malherbe — François de (frɑ̃swa də). 1555–1628, French poet and critic. He advocated the classical ideals of clarity and concision of meaning
- manwhore — (slang) A man who sells his body for money; a male prostitute.
- marchers — Plural form of marcher.
- marchesa — an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
- marchese — an Italian nobleman, equivalent in rank to a marquis.
- marishes — a marsh.
- marybeth — a female given name.
- megahurt — (computer slang, rare) megahertz.
- menarche — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- merodach — Marduk.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- mishears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mishear.
- moorhead — a city in W Minnesota.
- pamphrey — a cabbage
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- rehammer — to hammer again
- rehoboam — the successor of Solomon and the first king of Judah, reigned 922?–915? b.c. I Kings 11:43.
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- shareman — a member of a fishing-boat crew who shares profits with the boat's owner in lieu of wages
- shearman — a person whose occupation it is to trim or shear cloth
- shireman — a sheriff
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- teraphim — small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples
- the mark — the middle of the stomach at or above the line made by the boxer's trunks