8-letter words containing h, g, e
- encharge — (obsolete, transitive) To give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.
- enhunger — to cause to be hungry
- enlights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enlight.
- epigraph — An inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
- etchings — Plural form of etching.
- etherege — Sir George. ?1635–?92, English Restoration dramatist; author of the comedies The Comical Revenge (1664), She would if she could (1668), and The Man of Mode (1676)
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- ethology — The science of animal behavior.
- euchring — Present participle of euchre.
- exchange — Give something and receive something of the same kind in return.
- exhaling — Present participle of exhale.
- exhuming — Present participle of exhume.
- exophagy — the practice of cannibalism outside of the tribe or family
- eyesight — A person's ability to see.
- felching — Present participle of felch.
- fetching — charming; captivating.
- fighters — Plural form of fighter.
- fightest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of fight.
- fighteth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'fight'.
- fleishig — (in the dietary laws) consisting of, made from, or used only for meat or meat products: a fleishig set of dishes; a fleishig meal.
- fleshing — Present participle of flesh.
- flighted — the act, manner, or power of flying.
- flighter — (of birds) to fly feebly; flutter.
- fogeyish — Characteristic of or resembling an old fogey: outdated or out of touch.
- freights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freight.
- freshing — newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
- frighted — Simple past tense and past participle of fright.
- frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- fughetta — a short fugue
- gadhelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- gahnites — Plural form of gahnite.
- galabieh — djellabah.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- galoshes — a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
- gamashes — High boots or buskins.
- gashouse — gasworks.
- gathered — Simple past tense and past participle of gather.
- gatherer — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- gauchely — In a gauche manner.
- gearhead — A mechanical device used to increase the torque of gears.
- gedaliah — the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
- gee whiz — People sometimes say gee whiz in order to express a strong reaction to something or to introduce a remark or response.
- gee-whiz — arousing or characterized by surprise, wonder, or triumphant achievement: a gee-whiz technology; a gee-whiz reaction to the sight of the Grand Canyon.
- geekhood — The quality of being a geek; geekiness.
- gemshorn — a type of horn with carved tone holes, traditionally made from the horn of the chamois
- genearch — a chief of a family or tribe.
- genizoth — Plural form of genizah.
- geocache — A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.
- geoglyph — A large-scale drawing made on the ground by scratching or arranging lines of stones etc.
- geophagy — the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas.