8-letter words containing h, m, c
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- comether — the act of persuading or coaxing
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- complish — to accomplish
- cornmoth — a moth, Tinea granella, whose larvae feed on grain
- cromlech — a circle of prehistoric standing stones
- crumhorn — a medieval woodwind instrument of bass pitch, consisting of an almost cylindrical tube curving upwards and blown through a double reed covered by a pierced cap
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- demarche — move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
- didrachm — (in ancient Greece) a silver coin worth two drachmas
- dochmiac — resembling a dochmius in form or structure
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- drachmas — Plural form of drachma.
- drammach — an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.
- drscheme — (Scheme) A popular Scheme implementation from the PLT team at Rice University.
- dutchman — a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- ecomorph — A local variety of a species whose appearance is determined by its ecological environment.
- eichmann — Karl Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1902–62, Austrian Nazi official, who took a leading role in organizing the extermination of the European Jews. He escaped to Argentina after World War II, but was captured and executed in Israel as a war criminal
- empathic — Showing or expressing empathy.
- emphatic — Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
- ethicism — devotion to ethical principles
- haematic — relating to, acting on, having the colour of, or containing blood
- hamlisch — Marvin. 1944–2012, US composer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line (1975)
- hammocks — Plural form of hammock.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- hemisect — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- hemlocks — Plural form of hemlock.
- hemocoel — a series of interconnected spaces between tissues and organs through which blood flows freely, unconfined by veins or arteries, occurring in several invertebrate groups, especially mollusks and arthropods.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- henchman — an unscrupulous and ruthless subordinate, especially a criminal: The leader of the gang went everywhere accompanied by his henchmen.
- henchmen — Plural form of henchman.
- hermetic — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitic — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- homecare — The care and maintenance of one's home.
- homeotic — Of or pertaining to homeosis.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homicide — the killing of one human being by another.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- 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.
- hot comb — a comblike device that is heated, usually electrically, and used to straighten or style the hair
- hot-comb — to arrange or style (the hair) with a hot comb.
- how come — in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen?
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- humicole — any plant that thrives on humus
- hummocks — Plural form of hummock.
- hummocky — Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.