8-letter words containing i, h, r
- herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- herpetic — of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- herptile — A reptile or amphibian.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- hetairai — hetaera.
- hetairia — a society or association
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hi-riser — a couch with two mattresses, one below the other on a separate frame, that is convertible into a double bed or two single beds
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hibernia — Ireland.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- hidrosis — the excessive production of sweat.
- hidrotic — Relating to hidrosis.
- hierarch — a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
- hieratic — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- hierurgy — a holy act or rite of worship.
- high bar — a bar fixed in a position parallel to the floor or ground, for use in chinning and other exercises.
- high-res — high-resolution.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highbred — of superior breed.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- highrise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hijacker — a person who hijacks.
- hilarity — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hillfort — a hilltop fortified with ramparts and ditches, dating from the second millennium bc
- hilliard — Nicholas, 1547–1619, English goldsmith and miniaturist painter.
- hindered — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hinderer — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hindward — backward
- hip roof — a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.
- hipparch — (in ancient Greece) a cavalry commander
- hippuric — of or relating to hippuric acid
- hipsters — hipsters, Chiefly British. hiphuggers (def 2).
- hiragana — the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- hirakata — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, NE of Osaka.
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- hire car — a car that you rent for a specified, usually short, period
- hire out — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- hireable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hireling — a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
- hirohito — ("Showa") 1901–89, emperor of Japan 1926–89.
- hirrient — a trilled sound in speech or song
- his/hers — his or hers
- historic — well-known or important in history: a historic building; historic occasions.