8-letter words containing i, n, h, u
- hutchins — Robert Maynard, 1899–1977, U.S. educator and college president.
- huxleian — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- huzzaing — Present participle of huzza.
- hymenium — the sporogenous layer in a fungus, composed of asci or basidia often interspersed with various sterile structures, as paraphyses.
- ilyushin — Sergei Vladimirovich (sɛrˈɡɛi vladiˈmiːrovɪtʃ). 1894–1977, Soviet aircraft designer. He designed the dive bomber Il-2 Stormovik and the jet airliner Il-62
- in dutch — of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
- in touch — If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
- in truth — honestly, to tell the truth
- in-house — company: internal
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- inhumane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- inhumate — to bury; inhume
- inhuming — Present participle of inhume.
- inrushes — Plural form of inrush.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- inukshuk — A structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure and traditionally constructed by the Inuit.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- linehaul — noting or pertaining to the transport, usually by truck, of heavy loads of freight for long distances or between cities.
- ludhiana — a city in central Punjab, in N India.
- lunching — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
- lungfish — any of various slender, air-breathing fishes of the order (or subclass) Dipnoi, of rivers and lakes in Africa, South America, and Australia, having a lunglike air bladder as well as gills and growing to a length of 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters).
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- manuhiri — a visitor to a Māori marae
- minshuku — a guesthouse
- mouching — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- muishond — A species of weasel found in southern Africa, Poecilogale albinucha.
- mulching — (agriculture) Used for applying a mulch.
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- munching — to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
- munchkin — a small person, especially one who is dwarfish or elfin in appearance.
- murrhine — of, relating to, or manufactured of murra.
- mutchkin — Scot. a unit of liquid measure equal to a little less than a U.S. liquid pint.
- nihonium — a highly radioactive element, of which only a few atoms have ever been produced. Symbol: Nh; atomic no: 113; atomic wt: 286
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- numbfish — an electric ray, so called from its power of numbing its prey by means of electric shocks.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nurhachi — 1559–1626, Manchurian leader, who unified the Manchurian state and began (1618) the Manchurian conquest of China
- onychium — a small fern plant of Old World tropics and subtropics
- ourinhos — a city in E Brazil.
- outnight — to mention nights more often than
- outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outthink — to excel in thinking; think faster, more accurately, or more perceptively than: outthinking most of her contemporaries in the field of human relations.
- phubbing — to ignore (a person or one's surroundings) when in a social situation by busying oneself with a phone or other mobile device: Hey, are you phubbing me? I hate to see a mother wheeling a stroller while phubbing her baby.
- pinchbug — a stag beetle
- pinchgut — someone who does not give other people enough food
- pouching — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- punch in — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.