8-letter words containing h, i, e
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- hemiopia — hemianopsia.
- hemipode — button quail.
- hemipter — a hemipterous insect
- hemisect — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- hemlines — Plural form of hemline.
- hemmings — Plural form of hemming.
- hempvine — Any plant of the genus Mikania.
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- hennaing — an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- hennepin — Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1640?–1701? Belgian Roman Catholic missionary and explorer in America.
- henry ii — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- henry iv — 1050–1106, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany 1056–1106.
- henry vi — 1165–97, king of Germany 1190–97; king of Sicily 1194–97; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1191–97 (son of Frederick I).
- hepatica — any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- hepatite — a type of barite mineral with a sulphuric odour
- hepatize — to transform into a liver-like substance
- hepcidin — A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
- hepzibah — a female given name.
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herbaria — Plural form of herbarium.
- herblike — Resembling a herb or some aspect of one.
- herdlike — Resembling a herd or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- heredity — the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
- hereinto — into this place.
- heresies — Plural form of heresy.
- heretick — Obsolete form of heretic.
- heretics — Plural form of heretic.
- heretrix — a female inheritor, heiress
- herewith — along with this.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- heritage — something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- heritors — Plural form of heritor.
- herkimer — Nicholas, 1728–77, American Revolutionary general.
- hermetic — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermione — the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
- hermitic — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hermitry — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- herniate — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- herpetic — of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- herptile — A reptile or amphibian.