7-letter words containing h, i, n
- gnomish — (in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- granthi — the caretaker of a gurdwara and the reader of the Guru Granth, who officiates at Sikh ceremonies
- gronchi — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1887–1978, Italian statesman: president 1955–62.
- gunship — a helicopter or fixed-wing airplane armed with rapid-fire guns or cannons and used to provide close air support for troops in combat.
- gushing — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
- h chain — either of an identical pair of Y -shaped polypeptides that, together with the light chains, constitute the antibody molecule.
- h-hinge — a strap hinge having the form of an H with the joint in the crossbar.
- ha-nasi — Judah, Judah ha-Nasi.
- habitan — habitant2 .
- hacking — a rack for drying food, as fish.
- hadrian — Adrian VI.
- haedine — (rare, humorous) Resembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (i.e., a juvenile goat); compare 'caprine', 'hircine'.
- hafnium — a gray, toxic metallic element with a high melting point (over 2000°C), found in most zirconium minerals. Symbol: Hf; atomic weight: 178.49; atomic number: 72; specific gravity: 12.1.
- hahnium — dubnium.
- hailing — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- hainaut — a medieval county in territory now in SW Belgium and N France.
- hainous — Obsolete spelling of heinous.
- hainted — Variation of haunted.
- hairnet — a cap of loose net, as of silk or nylon, for holding the hair in place.
- hairpin — a slender U -shaped piece of wire, shell, etc., used by women to fasten up the hair or hold a headdress.
- haitian — of or relating to Haiti or its people.
- haitink — Bernard. born 1929, Dutch orchestral conductor; received an honorary knighthood in 1977
- halling — a vigorous, athletic, Norwegian folk dance.
- hallion — a disreputable or useless lout
- haloing — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- halting — Archaic. lame; limping.
- halving — Present participle of halve.
- hamelin — city in NW Germany, in the state of Lower Saxony: pop. 56,000
- hamming — an actor or performer who overacts.
- hanbali — one of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
- hand in — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handier — Comparative form of handy.
- handily — skillfully; dexterously; expertly: to manage a boat handily.
- handing — Present participle of hand.
- handism — discrimination against people on the grounds of whether they are left-handed or right-handed
- hang in — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanging — the way in which a thing hangs.
- hanifah — a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “true believer.”.
- hankies — Plural form of hanky.
- hanking — a skein, as of thread or yarn.
- happing — a comforter or quilt.
- harding — Chester, 1792–1866, U.S. portrait painter.
- hariana — a state in NW India, formed in 1966 from the S part of Punjab. 17,074 sq. mi. (44,222 sq. km). Capital: (shared with Punjab) Chandigarh.
- harijan — untouchable (def 5).
- harking — to listen attentively; hearken.
- harkins — William Draper, 1873–1951, U.S. chemist.
- harling — Present participle of harl.
- harmine — an alkaloid drug, C13H12N2O, present in ayahuasca and used in medicine as a stimulant
- harming — Present participle of harm.
- harping — a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.