8-letter words containing h, i, n
- hex sign — any of various magical symbols of usually stylized design, as those painted on barns by the Pennsylvania Dutch for protection against evil spirits and now sometimes used for purely decorative purposes.
- hexamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 12 N 4 , used as a vulcanization accelerator, an absorbent in gas masks, in the manufacture of the explosive RDX and synthetic resins, and in medicine as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.
- hexanoic — Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic.
- hexomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of six squares.
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hibernia — Ireland.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- hiddenly — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- hidlings — in secret, secretly
- hielaman — an Australian Aboriginal shield
- hielamon — a shield made of wood or bark.
- higgling — Present participle of higgle.
- high-end — being the most expensive and technically sophisticated: high-end stereo equipment.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- highline — kicker (def 9).
- highness — the quality or state of being high; loftiness.
- highting — an oath; promise
- hillsman — A man who belongs to a tribe inhabiting the hills.
- himation — a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- hinayana — earlier of the two great schools of Buddhism, still prevalent in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia, emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- hind tit — the worst or least valuable part; that left over after the best is taken or apportioned.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hindered — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hinderer — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hindfell — the mountain on whose fiery top Brynhild slept until awakened by Sigurd.
- hindfoot — A rear foot.
- hindhead — the back of the head
- hindlegs — Plural form of hindleg.
- hindlimb — Alternative spelling of hind limb.
- hindmost — furtherest behind or nearest the rear; last.
- hinduism — the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.
- hinduize — to convert to or bring under the influence of Hinduism.
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hindward — backward
- hindwing — a rear wing on a four-winged insect
- hinge on — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- hinglish — a variety of English incorporating elements of Hindi
- hinnying — Present participle of hinny.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- hiragana — the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- hireling — a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
- hirrient — a trilled sound in speech or song
- his nibs — a mock title used of someone in authority
- hispania — Spain.
- hispanic — Spanish.
- hispano- — Hispanic