8-letter words containing h, r, a, d
- headgear — any covering for the head, especially a hat, cap, bonnet, etc.
- headmark — a characteristic
- headrace — the race, flume, or channel leading to a water wheel or the like.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headrest — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- headroom — Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- headrope — the part of a bolt-rope attached to the head of a sail
- headrush — A sudden feeling of euphoria, especially as a result of taking drugs.
- headward — In the region or direction of the head.
- headwear — coverings for the head, especially hats.
- headword — a word, phrase, or the like, appearing as the heading of a chapter, dictionary or encyclopedia entry, etc.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- hellward — towards hell
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heralded — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- heraldry — the science of armorial bearings.
- herbaged — covered with grass or herbage
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- hereward — called Hereward the Wake. 11th-century Anglo-Saxon rebel, who defended the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror (1070–71): a subject of many legends
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hilliard — Nicholas, 1547–1619, English goldsmith and miniaturist painter.
- hindward — backward
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hoarhead — someone, esp an old man, with white hair
- hog-ward — someone who looks after hogs
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- honduran — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- honorand — the recipient of an honor, especially an honorary university degree.
- hood rat — a young promiscuous woman from an impoverished urban area
- hoorayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hooray.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- horn-mad — furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- hospodar — a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
- hot-draw — Metalworking. to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- hreidmar — (in the Volsunga Saga) the father of Fafnir, Otter, and Regin. He demanded wergild from the gods for killing Otter, and was killed by Fafnir when he got it.
- hurrahed — Simple past tense and past participle of hurrah.
- hurrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hurray.
- hydracid — an acid that does not contain oxygen, as hydrochloric acid, HCl.
- hydranth — the terminal part of a hydroid polyp that bears the mouth and tentacles and contains the stomach region.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- hydrarch — (of a sere) originating in a wet habitat.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.