8-letter words containing h, i, e
- hedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heelside — (board sports) the side of the board nearest the heel.
- heftiest — Superlative form of hefty.
- hegelian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system.
- heigh-ho — used variously to express mild surprise, boredom, disappointment, fatigue, etc., or used as a greeting
- heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heighths — (archaic) Plural form of heighth; an archaic variant of heights.
- heiltsuk — a member of a coastal Native Canadian people living in British Columbia
- heimdall — the god of dawn and light.
- heinlein — Robert A(nson) 1907–1988, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- heinrich — a male given name, Germanic form of Henry.
- heirless — a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- heirloom — a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
- heirship — the position or rights of an heir; right of inheritance; inheritance.
- heisting — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- helenium — An American plant of the daisy family that bears many red to yellow flowers, each having a prominent central disk.
- heliacal — pertaining to or occurring near the sun, especially applied to such risings and settings of a star as are most nearly coincident with those of the sun while yet visible.
- helicase — any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases.
- helicity — Helical character, especially of DNA.
- helicoid — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- helicopt — to fly or transport using a helicopter
- helideck — (nautical) A platform (on a vessel or offshore structure) on which helicopters may land and take off.
- helilift — to transport by helicopter
- heliodor — a clear yellow variety of beryl used as a gemstone.
- heliosis — the effect of overexposure to the sun
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- heliport — a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
- helistop — a heliport.
- helium i — colorless liquid helium existing below its boiling point of 4.2 K and above the lambda point of 2.186 K.
- helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
- hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
- hellfire — the fire of hell.
- hellicat — an evil creature
- hellions — Plural form of hellion.
- hellkite — a fiendishly cruel and wicked person.
- helminth — a worm, especially a parasitic worm.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- helpline — A telephone service providing help with problems.
- helsinki — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- helvetic — a Swiss Protestant; Zwinglian.
- helvetii — a Celtic tribe from SW Germany who settled in Helvetia from about 200 bc
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- hematine — Biochemistry. heme.
- hematite — a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.