8-letter words containing h, i, n
- haziness — characterized by the presence of haze; misty: hazy weather.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- headwind — a wind opposed to the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to tailwind).
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- hedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hegelian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system.
- heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heinlein — Robert A(nson) 1907–1988, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- heinrich — a male given name, Germanic form of Henry.
- heisting — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- helenium — An American plant of the daisy family that bears many red to yellow flowers, each having a prominent central disk.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- 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).
- hellions — Plural form of hellion.
- helminth — a worm, especially a parasitic worm.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- helpline — A telephone service providing help with problems.
- helsinki — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- hematine — Biochemistry. heme.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- 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).
- hepcidin — A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
- hereinto — into this place.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- hermione — the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
- 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.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.
- hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hessians — Plural form of Hessian.