8-letter words containing h, i, n
- histamin — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- histones — Plural form of histone.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hitching — Present participle of hitch.
- hivemind — the property of apparent sentience in a colony of social insects acting as a single organism, each insect performing a specific role for the good of the group.
- hizzoner — a city mayor or a judge
- hl hinge — a surface-mounted hinge that when applied resembles H and L combined.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- hoe into — to eat (food) heartily
- hogtying — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hoisting — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- hokiness — The state or condition of being hoky.
- hokinson — Helen, c1900–49, U.S. cartoonist.
- holdings — An area of land held by lease.
- holiness — the quality or state of being holy; sanctity.
- hollaing — Present participle of holla.
- holloing — Present participle of hollo.
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- homaging — Present participle of homage.
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- hominess — comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike: a homey little inn.
- hominids — any member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) and all their immediate ancestors.
- hominine — resembling or characteristic of humans.
- hominins — Plural form of hominin.
- hominize — to make something characteristically human or suitable for humans
- hominoid — Anthropology. a member of the biological superfamily Hominoidea, including all modern great apes and humans and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- honeying — Present participle of honey.
- honoring — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
- hooligan — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hop into — enter casually or spontaneously
- hopingly — in a hopeful manner
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horizons — Plural form of horizon.
- hormonic — Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
- hornbill — any large bird of the family Bucerotidae, of the Old World tropics, characterized by a very large bill usually surmounted by a horny protuberance.
- hornists — Plural form of hornist.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- hot line — a direct telecommunications link, as a telephone line or Teletype circuit, enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis: the hot line between Washington and Moscow.