8-letter words containing h, i, a
- jahrzeit — the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the morning and afternoon services of the day itself.
- jai hind — victory to India: a political slogan and a form of greeting in Hindi
- janthina — Alternative form of ianthina.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- jehangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- jehoiada — a priest of Judah who led the revolt against Athalia. II Kings 11:1–16.
- jeremiah — a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
- jiaozhou — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- jihadeen — jihadists
- jihadism — a jihadi.
- jihadist — a jihadi.
- jim dash — a dash, often three ems long, used within a headline, between the headline and the main body of printed matter, between items in a single column, or between related but different material within a story.
- johnniac — (computer) A mainframe computer based on a design by John von Neuman built at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA. The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966. Its memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron" vacuum tubes, each of which held 256 bits of data.
- judahite — a member of the tribe of Judah or of the kingdom of Judah.
- k'ai shu — a variety of Chinese script developed in the 4th century a.d. and considered standard since that time.
- ka-ching — expressing sth moneymaking
- kachahri — (in India) a courthouse
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- kaffiyeh — an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.
- kalahari — a desert region in SW Africa, largely in Botswana. 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- karachai — a member of a people living mainly in the Karachai-Cherkess Republic, closely related to the Balkar.
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- katahdin — Mount, the highest peak in Maine, in the central part. 5273 feet (1607 meters).
- kathisma — one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
- kehillah — the organization of the Jewish population of a community that deals with charities and other communal affairs.
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- khadijah — 554–619 ad, the first wife of the Prophet Mohammed, regarded as the first convert to Islam
- khalasis — Plural form of khalasi.
- khalifah — Dated form of caliph.
- khamenei — Ayatollah Mohammed Ali, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.
- khichadi — Alternative form of khichdi.
- kia kaha — be strong!
- kiamichi — a river in SE Oklahoma, flowing SW and SE to the Red River. 165 miles (266 km) long.
- kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kinshasa — People's Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 132,046 sq. mi. (341,999 sq. km). Capital: Brazzaville. Formerly French Congo, Middle Congo.
- kitharas — a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of an elaborate wooden soundbox having two arms connected by a yoke to which the upper ends of the strings are attached.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- l'chayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lachaise — Gaston [gas-tuh n;; French ga-stawn] /ˈgæs tən;; French gaˈstɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1935, U.S. sculptor, born in France.
- lachesis — the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- laoighis — a county in Leinster, in the central Republic of Ireland. 623 sq. mi. (1615 sq. km). County seat: Port Laoighise.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.