8-letter words containing h, e, r, n, i
- hairline — a very slender line.
- hairnets — Plural form of hairnet.
- 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)
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heinrich — a male given name, Germanic form of Henry.
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henry ii — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- henry iv — 1050–1106, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany 1056–1106.
- henry vi — 1165–97, king of Germany 1190–97; king of Sicily 1194–97; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1191–97 (son of Frederick I).
- hereinto — into this place.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- hermione — the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
- herniate — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hibernia — Ireland.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- hindered — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hinderer — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- 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.
- hirrient — a trilled sound in speech or song
- hizzoner — a city mayor or a judge
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- hotliner — a person who speaks to callers on a telephone hot line.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- hungrier — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- in there — in or into that place
- inarched — Simple past tense and past participle of inarch.
- indrench — to submerge, immerse, or drown (someone in something)
- ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- inhalers — Plural form of inhaler.
- inhearse — (transitive) To place into, or as if into, a hearse or coffin.
- inherent — existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers.
- inhering — to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent: the advantages that inhere in a democratic system.
- inherits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inherit.
- inholder — An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
- inrushes — Plural form of inrush.