8-letter words containing h, i, a
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- ta'ziyah — a passion play commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali and Fatima, on the tenth of Muharram, a.d. 680.
- tachinid — any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tachiste — an artist who practises tachisme
- tadzhiki — Tajiki
- taghairm — a form of divination once practised in the Highlands of Scotland
- tahitian — of or relating to Tahiti, its inhabitants, or their language.
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- taiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- taizhong — Taichung.
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tarakihi — a common edible sea fish of New Zealand waters
- tarshish — an ancient country, of uncertain location, mentioned in the Bible. I Kings 10:22.
- tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
- tashlikh — a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.
- taxiarch — an Athenian commander in charge of a company of soldiers
- teach-in — a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- tealight — small candle floated in water
- teiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- teraphim — small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples
- thailand — Formerly Siam. a kingdom in SE Asia: official name of Siam 1939–45 and since 1949. 198,242 sq. mi. (513,445 sq. km). Capital: Bangkok.
- thalamic — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
- thalline — a chemical compound used for medicinal purposes
- thallium — a soft, malleable, rare, bluish-white metallic element: used in the manufacture of alloys and, in the form of its salts, in rodenticides. Symbol: Tl; atomic weight: 204.37; atomic number: 81; specific gravity: 11.85 at 20°C.
- thalloid — resembling or consisting of a thallus.
- thanking — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
- the axis — the alliance of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Japan, established in 1936 and lasting until their defeat in World War II
- the maid — Joan of Arc
- the niña — one of the three ships commanded by Columbus in 1492
- the wain — Charles's Wain
- theatine — a member of a congregation of regular clerics, founded in Italy in 1524 to combat Protestantism and promote higher morality among Roman Catholics.
- theatric — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- thebaine — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 19 H 21 NO 3 , present in opium in small quantities, but having a strychninelike rather than a narcotic effect.
- thematic — of or relating to a theme.
- thespiae — a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thetical — positive; dogmatic.
- thiamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
- thiazide — a member of a class of diuretic substances that inhibit the reabsorption of sodium chloride in the distal convoluted tubule of the kidneys: used principally to treat hypertension.
- thiazine — any of a class of compounds containing a ring composed of one atom each of sulfur and nitrogen and four atoms of carbon.
- thiazole — a colorless, slightly water-miscible liquid, C 3 H 3 NS, having a disagreeable odor.
- thin air — If someone or something disappears into thin air, they disappear completely. If someone or something appears out of thin air, they appear suddenly and mysteriously.
- thinclad — a runner on a track team
- thinglab — A simulation system written in Smalltalk-80. It solves constraints using value inference. Version: ThingLab II.
- thioacid — an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.
- thionate — any salt or ester of thionic acid