8-letter words containing h, r, m
- homework — schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).
- hookworm — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
- hormesis — Stimulation by the use of a low concentration of a toxin.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- hormonal — 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.
- hormones — 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.
- 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.
- horn-mad — furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- hornworm — the larva of any of several hawk moths, having a hornlike process at the rear of the abdomen.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- horsemen — Plural form of horseman.
- 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.
- hum-drum — lacking variety; boring; dull: a humdrum existence.
- humidors — Plural form of humidor.
- 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.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- humorful — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humorism — (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- humorous — Archaic. moist; wet.
- humoured — Simple past tense and past participle of humour.
- humphrey — (Duke of Gloucester) 1391–1447, English soldier and statesman (youngest son of Henry IV).
- humstrum — a musical instrument that is of crude construction or out of tune
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydromel — a liquor consisting of honey and water that, when fermented, becomes mead.
- hypernym — superordinate (def 4).
- hypoderm — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- ihimaera — Witi (ˈwɪtɪ), full name Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler. born 1944, New Zealand Māori novelist and short-story writer; his novels include The Whale Rider (1987) and The Uncle's Story (2002)
- inchworm — measuringworm.
- irishism — a custom, manner, practice, idiom, etc., characteristic of the Irish.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- isarithm — isopleth.
- isomorph — an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- isotherm — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- jeremiah — a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- khartoum — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- krumhorn — crumhorn.
- luhrmann — Baz (Mark Anthony). born 1962, Australian film director and screenwriter; his films include Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo and Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001), Australia (2008), and The Great Gatsby (2013)
- machairs — Plural form of machair.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- madrasah — a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.
- maghrebi — a native or inhabitant of the Maghreb.
- maharaja — (formerly) a ruling prince in India, especially of one of the major states.
- maharani — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- mahavira — Vardhamana.
- mahendra — (Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva) 1920–72, king of Nepal 1955–72.
- mahratta — Maratha.