8-letter words containing h, u, r, i
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- hierurgy — a holy act or rite of worship.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hippuric — of or relating to hippuric acid
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- hire out — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- huidobro — Vicente [bee-sen-te] /biˈsɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1948, Chilean poet.
- huissier — an usher
- 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.
- 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.
- hungrier — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- hurrying — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- ichorous — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- in truth — honestly, to tell the truth
- inrushes — Plural form of inrush.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- ishiguro — Kazuo [kah-zoo-oh,, kaz-oo-oh] /ˈkɑ zuˌoʊ,, ˈkæz uˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1954, English novelist, born in Japan.
- jodhpuri — of or relating to Jodhpur or its inhabitants
- kuroshio — Japan Current.
- lithuria — the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the urine.
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- lutherie — The craft of making stringed musical instruments.
- luthiers — Plural form of luthier.
- mairehau — a small aromatic shrub Phebalium nudum, of New Zealand's North Island
- manuhiri — a visitor to a Māori marae
- mirthful — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mistruth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- mouchoir — a handkerchief.
- mouthier — Comparative form of mouthy.
- murphies — Plural form of murphy.
- murrhine — of, relating to, or manufactured of murra.
- mushaira — A poetic symposium in Pakistan or North India at which poets gather to perform their works, traditionally ghazals.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nurhachi — 1559–1626, Manchurian leader, who unified the Manchurian state and began (1618) the Manchurian conquest of China
- ourinhos — a city in E Brazil.
- outright — complete or total: an outright loss.
- outwhirl — to surpass at whirling
- philtrum — Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
- phormium — any plant of the New Zealand bulbous genus Phormium, with leathery evergreen leaves and red or yellow flowers in panicles
- pichurim — a Brazilian laurel tree