8-letter words containing h, i, e, r, a
- die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- die-hard — a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.
- diehards — Plural form of diehard.
- dihedral — having or formed by two planes.
- disheart — Obsolete form of dishearten.
- dishware — dishes used for food; tableware.
- earlship — earldom (def 1).
- earthier — Comparative form of earthy.
- earthily — In an earthy manner.
- earthing — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- echiuran — spoonworm
- enravish — to enchant
- epigraph — An inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
- epiphora — Excessive watering of the eye.
- etherial — Archaic form of ethereal.
- eucharis — any amaryllidaceous plant of the South American genus Eucharis, cultivated for their large white fragrant flowers
- euphoria — A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- fire hat — a helmet worn by a firefighter as a defense against falling materials from burning structures.
- firehall — a fire station
- forhaile — to distress
- freakish — queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- haeremai — a Māori expression of welcome
- hagrider — a person or thing that causes distressing anxiety or apprehension
- hagrides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride.
- hair gel — a jelly-like substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- hair net — a cap of loose net, as of silk or nylon, for holding the hair in place.
- haircare — The care and treatment of the hair.
- hairiest — covered with hair; having much hair.
- hairless — without hair; bald: his pink hairless pate.
- hairlike — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hairline — a very slender line.
- hairnets — Plural form of hairnet.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- hardwire — Alternative spelling of hard-wire.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- hargeisa — a city in NW Somalia.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harriers — Plural form of harrier.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- hauliers — Plural form of haulier.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.