8-letter words containing h, i, l, a
- etherial — Archaic form of ethereal.
- ethnical — (rare) Ethnic.
- exhaling — Present participle of exhale.
- faithful — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- fallfish — a large minnow, Semotilus corporalis, of eastern North America.
- fanlight — a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.
- fellahin — a native peasant or laborer in Egypt, Syria, etc.
- firehall — a fire station
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- flagfish — Also called American flagfish. a killifish, Jordanella floridae, inhabiting swamps and streams of Florida, having a blue-brown back and whitish sides with red stripes, often kept in aquariums.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flatfish — any fish of the order Heterosomata (Pleuronectiformes), including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult.
- flattish — somewhat flat.
- forhaile — to distress
- frailish — reasonably frail
- gadhelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- galabieh — djellabah.
- garishly — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- gaslight — light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- gedaliah — the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
- gharials — Plural form of gharial.
- ghazzali — Al- [al] /æl/ (Show IPA), 1058–1111, Arab philosopher.
- gildhall — (in Britain) the hall built or used by a guild or corporation for its assemblies; town hall.
- gilthead — any of several marine fishes having gold markings, as a sparid, Sparus auratus, of the Mediterranean Sea.
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- graithly — in a graith manner
- gurkhali — the language of the Gurkhas, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
- hability — Obsolete form of ability.
- habitual — of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- hadfield — Sir Robert Abbott, 1858–1940, English metallurgist and industrialist.
- haffling — Present participle of haffle.
- haggling — Present participle of haggle.
- hailshot — small pellets of ammunition resembling hail when it is discharged and broadcast in all directions
- hailwood — Mike, full name Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood. 1940–81, English racing motorcyclist: world champion (250 cc.) 1961 and 1966–67; (350 cc.) 1966–67; and (500 cc.) 1962–65
- hair gel — a jelly-like substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- hair oil — hairstyling product
- hairball — a ball of hair accumulated in the stomach or intestines of a cat or other animal as a result of the animal's licking its coat.
- hairclip — A clip to hold back the 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.
- hairtail — any marine spiny-finned fish of the family Trichiuridae, most common in warm seas, having a long whiplike scaleless body and long sharp teeth
- halachic — Of or pertaining to halacha (Jewish law).