8-letter words containing i, n, h
- notching — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- nothings — Plural form of nothing.
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- 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
- nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.
- oinochoe — a wine pitcher or jug, characterized by a curved handle extending from the lip to the shoulder, and a round or trefoil mouth.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- on faith — through trust; without proof or evidence
- on sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- onychite — a type of marble stone
- onychium — a small fern plant of Old World tropics and subtropics
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.
- orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- ornithes — birds considered collectively
- ornithic — of or relating to birds.
- ornitho- — bird or birds
- orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- othering — (chiefly philosophy) The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien.
- othoniel — Othniel.
- 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.
- overthin — too thin
- pachinko — a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
- panchaia — an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parishen — a parishioner
- parochin — a parish
- parthian — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- peiching — Beijing.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- pershing — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
- pharming — the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.
- phase in — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phase-in — an act or instance of phasing in; gradual introduction or implementation.
- phenetic — pertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.
- phengite — a type of transparent selenite
- phenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- phenylic — relating to, consisting of or originating from phenyl
- philemon — an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
- phishing — to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from Internet users, typically by sending an email that looks as if it is from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution, but contains a link to a fake website that replicates the real one.
- phone in — If you phone in to a radio or television show, you telephone the show in order to give your opinion on a matter that the show has raised.