7-letter words containing i, n, h
- henry i — ("Henry the Fowler") a.d. 876?–936, king of Germany 919–936: first of the Saxon kings.
- henting — Present participle of hent.
- heparin — Biochemistry. a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
- herding — a herdsman (usually used in combination): a cowherd; a goatherd; a shepherd.
- herling — (UK, dialect) The young of the sea trout.
- hernial — the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- hernias — Plural form of hernia.
- heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- herring — an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.
- hesione — daughter of King Laomedon, rescued by Hercules from a sea monster
- hessian — of or relating to the state of Hesse or its inhabitants.
- hibbing — a town in NE Minnesota: iron mining.
- hichens — Robert Smythe [smahyth,, smahyth] /smaɪð,, smaɪθ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1950, English novelist.
- hicking — Present participle of hick.
- hidings — Plural form of hiding.
- hidling — a person or object fond of hiding
- hieland — characteristic of Highlanders, esp alluding to their supposed gullibility or foolishness in towns or cities
- higgins — George V. 1939–99, U.S. novelist.
- high on — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- highman — A man of rank, especially a high rank; a superior.
- hijinks — boisterous celebration or merrymaking; unrestrained fun: The city is full of conventioneers indulging in their usual high jinks.
- hilding — a contemptible person.
- hilling — The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
- hillman — Sidney, 1887–1946, U.S. labor leader, born in Lithuania.
- hilting — the handle of a sword or dagger.
- hinault — Bernard, born 1954, French cyclist with five victories (1978–79, 1981–82, and 1985) in the Tour de France.
- hinders — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hindgut — Zoology. the last portion of the vertebrate alimentary canal, between the cecum and the anus, involved mainly with water resorption and with the storage and elimination of food residue; the large intestine. the posterior colon of arthropods, composed of ectodermal, chitin-lined tissue.
- hindleg — Alternative spelling of hind leg.
- hingham — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- hinging — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- hinnied — Simple past tense and past participle of hinny.
- hinnies — Plural form of hinny.
- hint at — imply, suggest
- hinting — Present participle of hint.
- hipbone — innominate bone.
- hipline — the widest part or the contour of a person's hips
- hipness — familiar with or informed about the latest ideas, styles, developments, etc.: My parents aren't exactly hip, you know.
- hipping — Also, hipness. the condition or state of being hip.
- hircine — of, relating to, or resembling a goat.
- hirings — Plural form of hiring, present participle of 'hire'.
- hirling — a salmon trout
- hirudin — a gray or white, water-soluble acidic polypeptide obtained from the buccal gland of leeches, used in medicine chiefly as an anticoagulant.
- hispano — Hispanic
- hissing — a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- histone — any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- hit man — a hired killer, especially a professional killer from the underworld.
- hit-run — hit-and-run (defs 1, 2, 4).
- hitting — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hoatzin — a blue-faced, crested bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, of the Amazon and Orinoco forests, having as a nestling a large, temporary claw on the second and third digits of the forelimb, for climbing among the tree branches.