8-letter words containing h, i, n, g
- gnathite — any of the mouth appendages of an insect or other arthropod.
- graphing — Present participle of graph.
- greenish — somewhat green; having a tinge of green.
- grinches — Plural form of grinch.
- gumphion — a funeral banner
- gunfight — a battle between two or more people or groups armed with guns, especially a confrontation between two gunfighters using revolvers in the frontier days of the American West.
- gunships — Plural form of gunship.
- gunsight — A device on a gun that enables it to be aimed accurately.
- gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
- gwich'in — a member of a North American Indian people from northwest Canada and northeast Alaska
- habiting — Present participle of habit.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- haffling — Present participle of haffle.
- haggling — Present participle of haggle.
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- halfling — (in fiction and fantasy) a member of a race of small people.
- halligan — A tool, used mostly by firemen, to pry open buildings, manholes, wrecked cars, etc.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hang it! — an exclamation of anger or exasperation
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hangings — Plural form of hanging.
- hangnail — a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harrying — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- harshing — Present participle of harsh.
- hassling — a disorderly dispute.
- hastings — Thomas, 1860–1929, U.S. architect.
- hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
- haunting — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hawkling — A small, young, or immature hawk.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- hegelian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system.
- heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heisting — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- hemmings — Plural form of hemming.
- hennaing — an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.