8-letter words containing i, n, h
- vietminh — a Vietnamese, Communist-led organization whose forces fought against the Japanese and especially against the French in Indochina: officially in existence 1941–51.
- vixenish — a female fox.
- vouching — to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
- wanhsien — Wade-Giles. Wanxian.
- wanthill — a molehill
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
- watching — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- weigh in — the act or an instance of weighing in: After the weigh-in the fighters posed for photographers.
- weigh on — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- weigh-in — the act or an instance of weighing in: After the weigh-in the fighters posed for photographers.
- weighing — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- weighman — a person whose occupation is weighing goods, produce, etc.
- welching — welsh.
- welshing — Present participle of welsh.
- wenching — a country lass or working girl: The milkmaid was a healthy wench.
- whacking — large.
- whanging — a resounding blow.
- whapping — whopping.
- wharenui — An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
- wharfing — Wharfs collectively.
- wheeling — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- wheezing — The quality or symptom of breathing with an audible wheeze.
- whelming — to submerge; engulf.
- whelping — Present participle of whelp.
- whetting — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- whiffing — Present participle of whiff.
- whinchat — a small Old World thrush, Saxicola rubetra, having a buff-colored breast and white streaks in the tail.
- whingers — Plural form of whinger.
- whinging — to complain; whine.
- whinnied — to utter the characteristic cry of a horse; neigh.
- whinnies — Plural form of whinny.
- whinyard — a sword
- whipping — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- whirling — to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
- whirring — to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound: An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.
- whishing — a whishing sound.
- whisking — Present participle of whisk.
- whiteman — Paul ("Pops") 1891–1967, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- whitened — Simple past tense and past participle of whiten.
- whitener — a preparation for making something white, as a bleach, dye, or polish: a bottle of shoe whitener.
- whitings — Plural form of whiting.
- whitling — (UK, dialect) A young full trout during its second season.
- whizbang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- whizzing — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- whodunit — a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- wholphin — the hybrid offspring of a whale and a dolphin
- whomping — Present participle of whomp.
- whooping — Present participle of whoop.
- whopping — very large of its kind; thumping: We caught four whopping trout.
- whupping — to whip; beat or defeat decisively: The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets.