8-letter words containing h, e, r, n
- habanera — a dance of Cuban origin.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- hair net — a cap of loose net, as of silk or nylon, for holding the hair in place.
- hairline — a very slender line.
- hairnets — Plural form of hairnet.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- hangared — a shed or shelter.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- hankered — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- hankerer — A person who hankers.
- hannover — a member of the royal family that ruled Great Britain under that name from 1714 to 1901.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- harangue — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- hardened — made or become hard or harder.
- hardener — a person or thing that hardens.
- 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.
- hardness — the state or quality of being hard: the hardness of ice.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harkened — Simple past tense and past participle of harken.
- harkness — Edward Stephan, 1874–1940, U.S. philanthropist.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- hartnell — Sir Norman. 1901–79, English couturier
- hastener — Agent noun of hasten; one who hastens.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearkens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearken.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- heartens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearten.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heinrich — a male given name, Germanic form of Henry.
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- 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).
- henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- herdsmen — Plural form of herdsman.
- hereinto — into this place.
- hereness — The property of being here; existence, dasein.
- hereunto — to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point: attached hereto; agreeable hereto.
- hereupon — upon or on this.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- hermaean — denoting or relating to a herm
- hermione — the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.