8-letter words containing h, i, n
- kienholz — Edward, 1927–1994, U.S. painter.
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
- kindship — The state, condition, or essence of being kind; kindness.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- king-hit — a knockout punch.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- kingfish — any of several marine food fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found off the E coast of the U.S.
- kinghood — the state of being king; kingship.
- kingship — the state, office, or dignity of a king.
- kinshasa — People's Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 132,046 sq. mi. (341,999 sq. km). Capital: Brazzaville. Formerly French Congo, Middle Congo.
- kirchner — Ernst Ludwig, 1880–1938, German expressionist artist.
- kishinev — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- kitchens — Plural form of kitchen.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- knighted — a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
- knightly — characteristic of a knight; noble, courageous, and generous: knightly deeds.
- knitteth — Archaic third-person singular form of knit.
- kohinoor — an Indian diamond weighing 106 carats; now part of the British crown jewels.
- korchnoi — Victor. 1931–2016, Soviet-born chess player: Soviet champion 1960, 1962, and 1964: defected to the West in 1976
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- lecithin — Biochemistry. any of a group of phospholipids, occurring in animal and plant tissues and egg yolk, composed of units of choline, phosphoric acid, fatty acids, and glycerol.
- leeching — any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lezghian — a member of a people living mainly in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation.
- lhevinne — Josef [joh-zuh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf/ (Show IPA), 1874–1944, Russian pianist.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- lichened — Covered with lichen.
- lichenin — a white, gelatinous, polysaccharide starch, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from various lichens.
- liebchen — A person who is very dear to another (often used as a term of endearment).
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- lighting — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- linchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- linehaul — noting or pertaining to the transport, usually by truck, of heavy loads of freight for long distances or between cities.
- linisher — a machine that polishes and makes the surface of a material smooth using a moving belt coated in an abrasive material
- lionfish — a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, especially P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins.
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- lionship — The state of being a lion, or famous person in society.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).