8-letter words containing h, y, a
- himalaya — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- hinayana — earlier of the two great schools of Buddhism, still prevalent in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia, emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts.
- ho-daddy — one who engages in the sport of surfing or, esp., one who spends much time on beaches with surfers for vicarious excitement
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holarchy — a system composed of interacting holons
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- hologamy — a type of reproduction in which the gametes are like ordinary cells in form and size, as is found in some algae and protozoa
- holy ark — a cabinet in a synagogue set into or against the wall that faces eastward toward Jerusalem, for keeping the scrolls of the Torah.
- holy day — a consecrated day or religious festival, especially one other than Sunday.
- holy man — priest, spiritual leader
- holy war — a war waged for what is supposed or proclaimed to be a holy purpose, as the defense of faith.
- holyhead — a seaport on Holy Island in NW Wales.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- homogamy — the state of being homogamous.
- honorary — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- hoorayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hooray.
- horseway — a bridleway
- huancayo — a city in central Peru, on the Mantaro River.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- hump day — Wednesday
- huna bay — an inlet of the Greenland Sea on the NW coast of Iceland.
- huntaway — a sheep dog.
- hurrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hurray.
- huxleyan — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hydatids — Plural form of hydatid.
- hydatoid — watery; resembling water; transparent
- hydracid — an acid that does not contain oxygen, as hydrochloric acid, HCl.
- hydranth — the terminal part of a hydroid polyp that bears the mouth and tentacles and contains the stomach region.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- hydrarch — (of a sere) originating in a wet habitat.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hydrator — something that hydrates.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydrilla — a submerged aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata, native to the Old World, that has become a pest weed in U.S. lakes and waterways.
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydrozoa — (biology) a large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenean — A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding; a hymeneal.