8-letter words containing h, i, a
- hit back — retaliate
- hit rate — (architecture) The fraction of all memory reads which are satisfied from the cache.
- hittable — (of a ball or pitch) capable of being hit
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- hiwassee — a river in NE Georgia, SW North Carolina, and SE Tennessee, flowing N to the Tennessee River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- hokkaido — a large island in N Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- hollaing — Present participle of holla.
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- homaging — Present participle of homage.
- homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
- hooligan — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- 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.
- huang ti — the legendary first emperor of China.
- huisache — a tropical and subtropical New World shrub, Acacia farnesiana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant, deep-yellow flower heads.
- huizinga — Johan, 1872–1945, Dutch historian.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanism — any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- huxleian — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- huzzaing — Present participle of huzza.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- hydatids — Plural form of hydatid.
- hydatoid — watery; resembling water; transparent
- hydracid — an acid that does not contain oxygen, as hydrochloric acid, HCl.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydrilla — a submerged aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata, native to the Old World, that has become a pest weed in U.S. lakes and waterways.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hyoidean — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- hypalgia — reduced sensitivity to pain
- hyphemia — bleeding inside the eye caused by ruptured blood vessels
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.