8-letter words containing h, y, a
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- each way — If you bet money each way on the result of a horse race or a dog race, you will win some money if the animal you bet on comes first, second, third, or sometimes fourth.
- earthily — In an earthy manner.
- endarchy — a central government
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- epiphany — The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
- erythema — Superficial reddening of the skin, usually in patches, as a result of injury or irritation causing dilatation of the blood capillaries.
- essayish — resembling an essay
- ethanoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- ethylate — (organic chemistry) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound.
- euphrasy — eyebright
- eurybath — an aquatic organism that can live at different depths
- euthymia — (psychology) A normal, non-depressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity.
- exophagy — the practice of cannibalism outside of the tribe or family
- eyepatch — A patch worn to protect an injured eye.
- eyeshade — A translucent visor used to protect the eyes from strong light.
- fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- feathery — clothed or covered with feathers; feathered.
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- fujayrah — Al-, one of the United Arab Emirates, on the Gulf of Oman.
- garishly — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- gauchely — In a gauche manner.
- geophagy — the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas.
- graithly — in a graith manner
- gray hat — a hacker who violates the security of a system without true malicious intent but often without the prior knowledge or consent of the owner or developer, and who later reports system vulnerabilities to the authorities, sometimes for personal profit.
- grayfish — a name used in marketing for any of several American sharks, especially the dogfishes of the genus Squalus.
- greyhead — a person with grey hair
- gyandzha — city in NC Azerbaijan, in Transcaucasia: pop. 282,000
- gymkhana — a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
- gynarchy — government by women.
- ha'penny — halfpenny.
- hability — Obsolete form of ability.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- hagberry — Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- half pay — half one's regular pay.
- half-day — the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset: Since there was no artificial illumination, all activities had to be carried on during the day.
- hallways — Plural form of hallway.
- halyards — Plural form of halyard.
- handedly — (nonstandard) Easily; with ease.
- handyman — a person hired to do various small jobs, especially in the maintenance of an apartment building, office building, or the like.
- handymen — Plural form of handyman.
- hanratty — James. 1936–62, Englishman executed, despite conflicting evidence, for a murder on the A6 road. Subsequent public concern played a major part in the abolition of capital punishment in Britain. New DNA evidence led to an appeal by Hanratty's supporters being dismissed in 2002
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- hardbody — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).