8-letter words containing h, i, t, u
- hire out — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hitch up — pull higher; clothing, suspender
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- housesit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- huang ti — the legendary first emperor of China.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humidity — humid condition; moistness; dampness.
- humility — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
- humiture — a measure of the discomfort most people feel because of the combined effects of atmospheric temperature and humidity; variously defined as Fahrenheit temperature plus some function of vapor pressure.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- hustings — (before 1872) the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors.
- hustling — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- hutching — Present participle of hutch.
- hutchins — Robert Maynard, 1899–1977, U.S. educator and college president.
- ich-laut — the voiceless palatal fricative sound that is written as ch in German ich, often allophonic with the ach-laut
- in dutch — of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
- in touch — If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
- in truth — honestly, to tell the truth
- inhumate — to bury; inhume
- judahite — a member of the tribe of Judah or of the kingdom of Judah.
- kushitic — a subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Somali, Oromo, and other languages of Somalia and Ethiopia.
- light up — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- lightful — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- lithuria — the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the urine.
- lubitsch — Ernst [urnst;; German ernst] /ɜrnst;; German ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1892–1947, German film director and producer, in the U.S. after 1922.
- lutherie — The craft of making stringed musical instruments.
- luthiers — Plural form of luthier.
- mirthful — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mistouch — To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
- mistruth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- mouthier — Comparative form of mouthy.
- mouthily — in a mouthy or bombastic manner
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- mujtahid — a person who has been certified as capable of interpreting religious law.
- multihop — (networking) Proceeding in multiple hops.
- mushiest — resembling mush; pulpy.
- mutchkin — Scot. a unit of liquid measure equal to a little less than a U.S. liquid pint.
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- outbitch — to bitch more than or better than
- outchide — to exceed in chiding
- outfight — To fight or battle better than.
- outnight — to mention nights more often than
- outpitch — to exceed in pitching
- outright — complete or total: an outright loss.
- outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outsight — the ability to see and understand external things clearly.