8-letter words containing h, i, c
- korchnoi — Victor. 1931–2016, Soviet-born chess player: Soviet champion 1960, 1962, and 1964: defected to the West in 1976
- kushitic — a subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Somali, Oromo, and other languages of Somalia and Ethiopia.
- kweichow — Guizhou.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- 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.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lecithal — having a yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- lecithin — Biochemistry. any of a group of phospholipids, occurring in animal and plant tissues and egg yolk, composed of units of choline, phosphoric acid, fatty acids, and glycerol.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- leeching — any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- lichened — Covered with lichen.
- lichenin — a white, gelatinous, polysaccharide starch, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from various lichens.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- liebchen — A person who is very dear to another (often used as a term of endearment).
- lifehack — Informal. a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing a day-to-day task or activity; a hack: a lifehack for overcoming social anxiety; a computer programmer's best lifehacks.
- linchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- lipchitz — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1891–1973, U.S. sculptor, born in Lithuania.
- lithemic — relating to an excessive or uric acid in the blood
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- lubitsch — Ernst [urnst;; German ernst] /ɜrnst;; German ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1892–1947, German film director and producer, in the U.S. after 1922.
- lunching — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- lynching — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- machairs — Plural form of machair.
- machilid — jumping bristletail.
- machinal — Of, or pertaining to machines.
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- machismo — a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
- machoism — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- malevich — Kasimir [kaz-uh mir] /ˈkæz əmɪr/ (Show IPA), 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.
- manchild — a male child; boy; son.
- manichee — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- marching — to touch at the border; border.
- mariachi — pertaining to traditional Mexican dance music, usually played by a small band of strolling musicians dressed in native costumes.
- marichal — Juan, born 1937, U.S. baseball pitcher, born in the Dominican Republic.
- mashiach — the messiah
- matachin — a 16th century dance performed by extravagantly dressed masked dancers carrying swords
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- mcintosh — a variety of red apple that ripens in early autumn.
- mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.