8-letter words containing h, s, a
- hands up — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hands-on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- handsaws — Plural form of handsaw.
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- handsets — Plural form of handset.
- handsewn — sewn by hand.
- handsful — Plural form of handful.
- handsome — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handspan — The width of a person’s hand, as measured from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger, when the fingers and thumb are spread out.
- handwash — If you handwash something, you wash it by hand rather than in a washing machine.
- hangings — Plural form of hanging.
- hangouts — Plural form of hangout.
- hangtags — Plural form of hangtag.
- hanumans — Plural form of hanuman.
- haphsiba — Hephzibah (def 1).
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- happiest — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- happoshu — a Japanese drink, similar to beer
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- harassed — stressed, tormented
- harasser — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- harasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harass.
- harbours — Plural form of harbour.
- hard-ass — a person who follows rules and regulations meticulously and enforces them without exceptions.
- hard-set — firmly or rigidly set; fixed: a hard-set smile.
- hardcase — a container that has a rigid structure
- hardhats — Plural form of hardhat.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hardness — the state or quality of being hard: the hardness of ice.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- hardtops — Plural form of hardtop.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- hargeisa — a city in NW Somalia.
- harkness — Edward Stephan, 1874–1940, U.S. philanthropist.
- harmless — without the power or desire to do harm; innocuous: He looks mean but he's harmless; a harmless Halloween prank.
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- haroseth — a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harpists — Plural form of harpist.
- harpoons — Plural form of harpoon.
- harriers — Plural form of harrier.
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- harshest — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- harshing — Present participle of harsh.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- harvests — Plural form of harvest.
- has-been — a person or thing that is no longer effective, successful, popular, etc.
- hash key — the key on a keyboard or keypad
- hash out — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.