8-letter words containing i, d, e, a, h
- handiest — superlative form of handy: most handy.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- hardwire — Alternative spelling of hard-wire.
- hasidean — Assidean.
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- head dip — a maneuver in which a surfer, by squatting and leaning forward on the surfboard, partially dips his or her head into the wall of a wave.
- headfish — ocean sunfish.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headlice — Alternative form of head lice.
- headlike — Having the form of a head or a skull.
- headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- headwind — a wind opposed to the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to tailwind).
- heimdall — the god of dawn and light.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- helladic — of or relating to the Bronze Age culture on the mainland of ancient Greece c2900–1100 b.c.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- heraclid — a person claiming descent from Hercules, especially one of the Dorian aristocracy of Sparta.
- heraldic — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
- hijacked — Illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
- hindhead — the back of the head
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- hreidmar — (in the Volsunga Saga) the father of Fafnir, Otter, and Regin. He demanded wergild from the gods for killing Otter, and was killed by Fafnir when he got it.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hyoidean — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- inarched — Simple past tense and past participle of inarch.
- jehoiada — a priest of Judah who led the revolt against Athalia. II Kings 11:1–16.
- jihadeen — jihadists
- judahite — a member of the tribe of Judah or of the kingdom of Judah.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- nailhead — the enlarged top of a nail, usually flattened but sometimes rounded.
- pheidias — Phidias
- pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.