8-letter words containing k, h, n
- gunkhole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- gymkhana — a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hankered — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- hankerer — A person who hankers.
- hanukiah — a candelabrum having nine branches that is lit during the festival of Hanukkah
- hanukkah — a Jewish festival lasting eight days, celebrated from the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the 2nd of Tevet in commemoration of the rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees following their victory over the Syrians under Antiochus IV, characterized chiefly by the lighting of the menorah on each night of the festival.
- harkened — Simple past tense and past participle of harken.
- harkness — Edward Stephan, 1874–1940, U.S. philanthropist.
- hawkling — A small, young, or immature hawk.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- hearkens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearken.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- helsinki — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- hen hawk — chicken hawk (def 1).
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henpecks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- hokiness — The state or condition of being hoky.
- hokinson — Helen, c1900–49, U.S. cartoonist.
- honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
- hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
- hooknose — a curved nose; aquiline nose.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbook — a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- hornwork — A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
- hot link — a link between two files, as between a spreadsheet and a document, such that a change in one effects a change in the other.
- hsinking — Older Spelling. former name of Changchun.
- hunkered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunker.
- hunkpapa — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota.
- hymnbook — (British) A book containing a collection of hymns.
- hymnlike — Resembling a hymn in form or sound.
- icekhana — an auto-racing competition testing driving skills on a frozen lake.
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- in check — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- inkhorns — Plural form of inkhorn.
- inukshuk — A structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure and traditionally constructed by the Inuit.
- junkhead — (slang) a junkie, drug addict.
- junkheap — A collection or pile of unwanted things.
- junkshop — A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
- ka-ching — expressing sth moneymaking
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.