8-letter words containing i, n, h, u
- fuchsine — A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
- fuchsins — Plural form of fuchsin.
- ginhouse — a building in which cotton is ginned
- gluhwein — mulled wine
- gumphion — a funeral banner
- gunfight — a battle between two or more people or groups armed with guns, especially a confrontation between two gunfighters using revolvers in the frontier days of the American West.
- gunships — Plural form of gunship.
- gunsight — A device on a gun that enables it to be aimed accurately.
- gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
- hanukiah — a candelabrum having nine branches that is lit during the festival of Hanukkah
- haunting — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- helenium — An American plant of the daisy family that bears many red to yellow flowers, each having a prominent central disk.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- hinduism — the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.
- hinduize — to convert to or bring under the influence of Hinduism.
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- houghing — Scot. hock1 (defs 1, 2).
- hounding — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- housings — Plural form of housing.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- huang ti — the legendary first emperor of China.
- huddling — Present participle of huddle.
- huggings — Plural form of hugging.
- huizinga — Johan, 1872–1945, Dutch historian.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanism — any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humphing — Present participle of humph.
- hunching — to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
- 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.
- hustings — (before 1872) the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors.
- hustling — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- hutching — Present participle of hutch.