8-letter words containing h, i, s, e
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hokiness — The state or condition of being hoky.
- holiness — the quality or state of being holy; sanctity.
- 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.
- homeosis — The replacement of part of one segment of an insect or other segmented animal by a structure characteristic of a different segment, especially through mutation.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homesite — a plot of land for a home.
- homilies — Plural form of homily.
- hominess — comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike: a homey little inn.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- hoochies — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- hormesis — Stimulation by the use of a low concentration of a toxin.
- hoselike — resembling a hose
- hosepipe — (UK, South Africa, Southern US) A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose.
- hospices — Plural form of hospice.
- hostiles — Plural form of hostile.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- housesit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- huisache — a tropical and subtropical New World shrub, Acacia farnesiana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant, deep-yellow flower heads.
- huissier — an usher
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- hydrides — Plural form of hydride.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hygienes — Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- ice fish — any percoid fish of the family Chaenichthyidae, of Antarctic seas, having a semitransparent scaleless body
- ice show — entertainment in which a company of ice skaters exhibit their skills to musical accompaniment.
- icehouse — a building for storing ice.
- ichnites — Plural form of ichnite.
- immeshed — enmesh.
- in haste — in a hurried way
- in holes — so worn as to be full of holes
- in phase — having the same phase.
- in shape — person: physically fit
- in-house — company: internal
- inhalers — Plural form of inhaler.
- inhearse — (transitive) To place into, or as if into, a hearse or coffin.
- inherits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inherit.
- inhesion — the state or fact of inhering; inherence.
- inmeshed — Simple past tense and past participle of inmesh.
- inmeshes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inmesh.
- inrushes — Plural form of inrush.
- inshrine — enshrine.
- insphere — ensphere.
- inveighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inveigh.
- iphicles — a son of Alcmene and Amphitryon, the brother of Hercules.