8-letter words containing h, i, a
- anthemic — (of a song) like an anthem in being rousing or uplifting.
- anthemis — a genus of aromatic herbs of the family Asteraceae, closely related to Chamaemelum and native to the Mediterranean region and SW Asia
- anthesis — the time when a flower becomes sexually functional
- anthills — Plural form of anthill.
- anthodia — a flower head or capitulum, especially the head of a composite plant.
- antihero — An antihero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- antiphon — a short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service
- antiphus — (in the Iliad) a Trojan ally, the son of Talaemenes and a nymph.
- antiship — (of a weapon) designed for attacking ships
- antithet — an example of antithesis; an antithetic statement
- anything — You use anything in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nothing is present or that an action or event does not or cannot happen.
- anythink — (UK) eye dialect of anything.
- apatheia — absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
- apathies — absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
- aphanite — any fine-grained rock, such as a basalt, containing minerals that cannot be distinguished with the naked eye
- aphasiac — pertaining to or affected with aphasia.
- aphelion — the point in its orbit when a planet or comet is at its greatest distance from the sun
- aphetise — lose a vowel at the beginning of a word
- aphetism — The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable. For example, see squire.
- aphetize — to shorten by aphesis
- aphicide — any substance used to kill aphids
- aphorise — To create an aphorism.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- aphorize — to write or speak in aphorisms
- arachnid — any terrestrial chelicerate arthropod of the class Arachnida, characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. The group includes the spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen
- archaise — Standard spelling of from=non-Oxford.
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- archaist — something archaic, as a word or expression.
- archaize — to give an archaic appearance or character to, as by the use of archaisms
- archival — Archival means belonging or relating to archives.
- archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
- archiver — One who, or that which, archives.
- archives — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archwise — like an arch
- arclight — A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
- argerich — Martha. born 1941, Argentinian concert pianist
- armchair — An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.
- arrhizal — having no roots
- arythmia — Alternative spelling of arrhythmia.
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- asharism — the classical synthesis of Islamic philosophical theology, formulated by al-Ashʿari.
- asherite — a member of the tribe of Asher.
- ashikaga — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns 1338–1573.
- ashiness — the condition of being like ash in colour or texture or of containing or being coated with ash
- ashmedai — (tool) A symbolic mathematics package by Michael Levine <[email protected]> that influenced SMP and FORM. There are versions for the Univac 1108 and VAX/VMS.
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.
- asthenia — an abnormal loss of strength; debility
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak