8-letter words containing k, h, a
- hawk-eye — a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes. Compare tiger's-eye (def 1).
- hawkbell — a small bell fitted to a hawk's leg
- hawkbill — hawksbill turtle.
- hawkbits — Plural form of hawkbit.
- hawklike — any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
- hawkling — A small, young, or immature hawk.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- hawkshaw — a detective.
- hawkweed — any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers.
- hay rake — a farm implement used to rake hay from a swath into a windrow.
- hayakawa — S(amuel) I(chiye) [ih-chee-ey] /ɪˈtʃi eɪ/ (Show IPA), 1906–92, U.S. semanticist, educator, and politician, born in Canada: senator 1977–83.
- haycocks — Plural form of haycock.
- hayforks — Plural form of hayfork.
- haymaker — a person or machine that cuts hay and spreads it to dry.
- hayracks — Plural form of hayrack.
- haystack — a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the mowed field so as to prevent the accumulation of moisture and promote drying.
- headdesk — An expression of frustration or irritated disbelief, from the tendency of annoyed or irritated people to want to repeatedly bang their heads against their desk.
- headfuck — an experience that is wildly exciting or impressive
- headlike — Having the form of a head or a skull.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- headmark — a characteristic
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- hearkens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearken.
- heartake — Rare spelling of heartache.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- heketara — a small shrub, Olearia rani, which has flowers with white petals and yellow centres
- hen hawk — chicken hawk (def 1).
- herakles — Hercules
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- hezekiah — a king of Judah of the 7th and 8th centuries b.c. II Kings 18.
- hickwall — any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- highjack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
- hijacked — Illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
- hijacker — a person who hijacks.
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- hirakata — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, NE of Osaka.
- hit back — retaliate
- hoe-cake — an unleavened cake made with flour or corn meal: originally baked on a hoe but now usually cooked on a griddle.
- hoecakes — Plural form of hoecake.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- hokkaido — a large island in N Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- holm oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus ilex, of southern Europe, having foliage resembling that of the holly.
- holy ark — a cabinet in a synagogue set into or against the wall that faces eastward toward Jerusalem, for keeping the scrolls of the Torah.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- hookload — The hookload is the total force pulling down on the hook (= a high-capacity J-shaped piece of equipment).
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- horokaka — a New Zealand low-growing plant, Disphyma australe with fleshy leaves and pink or white flowers
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.