8-letter words containing h, u, e, s
- furthest — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- gashouse — gasworks.
- ginhouse — a building in which cotton is ginned
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- grutches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch.
- gumshoed — Simple past tense and past participle of gumshoe.
- gumshoes — Plural form of gumshoe.
- gunhouse — an armoured rotatable enclosure for guns on a warship
- gushiest — Superlative form of gushy.
- habitues — Plural form of habitu\u00e9.
- hachures — Short parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.
- halluces — the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hauberks — Plural form of hauberk.
- hauliers — Plural form of haulier.
- haunches — the hip.
- headrush — A sudden feeling of euphoria, especially as a result of taking drugs.
- heads-up — first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.
- heiltsuk — a member of a coastal Native Canadian people living in British Columbia
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- henhouse — a shelter for poultry.
- hercules — a hero noted for his great strength, courage, and for the performance of twelve immense labours
- hesperus — an evening star, especially Venus.
- hevelius — Johannes (Johann Hewel or Hewelke) 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
- hiatuses — Plural form of hiatus.
- hideouts — Plural form of hideout.
- homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hothouse — an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
- hounders — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- houseboy — houseman (def 1).
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- housefly — a medium-sized, gray-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world.
- houseful — as many as a house will accommodate: a houseful of weekend guests.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- housemen — Plural form of houseman.
- housepet — A domestic pet, one that lives mostly indoors.
- housesit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- housetop — the top or roof of a house.
- huckster — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- huddlers — Plural form of huddler.
- hugeness — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- huisache — a tropical and subtropical New World shrub, Acacia farnesiana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant, deep-yellow flower heads.
- huissier — an usher
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humblest — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition