8-letter words containing h, i, c
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- crawfish — A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.
- crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crossish — slightly cross; peevish
- crushing — A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- culchies — Plural form of culchie.
- cushiest — Superlative form of cushy.
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cushitic — a group of languages of Somalia, Ethiopia, NE Kenya, and adjacent regions: a subfamily within the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- czechish — a member of the most westerly branch of the Slavs, comprising the Bohemians, or Czechs proper, and, sometimes, the Moravians.
- dabchick — any of several small grebes of the genera Podiceps and Podilymbus, such as Podiceps ruficollis of the Old World
- decipher — to determine the meaning of (something obscure or illegible)
- dehisced — Simple past tense and past participle of dehisce.
- dehisces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehisce.
- diadochi — the six Macedonian generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought for control of his empire in the Wars of the Diadochi (321–281 bc)
- diadochy — the replacement of one element in a crystal by another
- diarchal — Relating to, or pertaining to, diarchy or a diarchy system.
- dichasia — Plural form of dichasium.
- dichotic — relating to or involving the stimulation of each ear simultaneously by different sounds
- dichroic — (of a solution or uniaxial crystal) exhibiting dichroism
- dickhead — If someone calls a man a dickhead, they are saying that they think he is very stupid.
- didrachm — (in ancient Greece) a silver coin worth two drachmas
- dietrich — Marlene [mahr-ley-nuh] /mɑrˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), 1904–92, U.S. actress and singer, born in Germany.
- digicash — (company) A company, started in April 1990, which aims to develop and license products to support electronic payment methods including chip card, software only, and hybrid.
- dihydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) dihydroxy.
- dinarchy — duarchy.
- dipchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- diptychs — Plural form of diptych.
- disbench — to remove (a barrister or judge) from the membership of the governing body of one of the Inns of Court
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- disvouch — to dissociate oneself from
- ditching — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- dobchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
- dochmiac — resembling a dochmius in form or structure
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- dohickey — Alternative spelling of doohickey.
- dolichos — a genus of tropical vines
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- echidnae — Plural form of echidna.
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- echinate — bristly; prickly.
- echinoid — belonging or pertaining to the class Echinoidea, comprising mainly sea urchins and sand dollars.
- echiuran — spoonworm
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- econiche — niche (def 3).