8-letter words containing h, i, l, c
- flincher — One who flinches.
- flinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flinch.
- flitches — Plural form of flitch.
- flypitch — an area for unlicensed stalls at markets
- 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.
- glitched — a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- glitches — A sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment.
- glyphics — Plural form of glyphic.
- godchild — a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- hairclip — A clip to hold back the hair.
- halachic — Of or pertaining to halacha (Jewish law).
- halakhic — (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
- hamlisch — Marvin. 1944–2012, US composer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line (1975)
- haptical — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
- headlice — Alternative form of head lice.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- hecticly — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- 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.
- 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).
- hellicat — an evil creature
- helvetic — a Swiss Protestant; Zwinglian.
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- hickwall — any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- hillocks — Plural form of hillock.
- hillocky — Resembling a hillock.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- hitchily — with hitches or in a hitchy or jerky manner
- holistic — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- holoptic — of, relating to, or having eyes that meet at the top of the head
- holozoic — feeding on solid food particles in the manner of most animals.
- hot lick — lick (def 11).
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- humicole — any plant that thrives on humus
- hylicism — the philosophy that the only thing that can be proven to exist is matter and that everything, including consciousness, is as a result of interaction with material things. Also called materialism
- hylicist — a philosopher specializing in matter
- ich-laut — the voiceless palatal fricative sound that is written as ch in German ich, often allophonic with the ach-laut
- impleach — to intertwine
- inchmeal — by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
- iphicles — a son of Alcmene and Amphitryon, the brother of Hercules.
- klephtic — (historical) Relating to the klephts.