8-letter words containing k, h
- halakhic — (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
- halakoth — Halakhah.
- halfback — Football. one of two backs who typically line up on each side of the fullback. the position played by such a back.
- halfbeak — any of several marine fishes of the family Hemiramphidae, having a greatly elongated lower jaw.
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- hallmark — an official mark or stamp indicating a standard of purity, used in marking gold and silver articles assayed by the Goldsmiths' Company of London; plate mark.
- halolike — resembling a halo.
- hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
- hammocks — Plural form of hammock.
- 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.
- harakeke — (NZ) flax, specifically Phormium tenax.
- harakiri — Alternative spelling of hara-kiri.
- hardback — A book with a solid binding.
- hardbake — almond toffee
- hardhack — a woolly-leaved North American shrub, Spiraea tomentosa, of the rose family, having short, spikelike clusters of rose-colored flowers.
- hardpack — a bag that has a rigid shell
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- hardtack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- harkened — Simple past tense and past participle of harken.
- harkness — Edward Stephan, 1874–1940, U.S. philanthropist.
- hash key — the key on a keyboard or keypad
- hashmark — character (#)
- haskalah — an 18th–19th-century movement among central and eastern European Jews, begun in Germany under the leadership of Moses Mendelssohn, designed to make Jews and Judaism more cosmopolitan in character by promoting knowledge of and contributions to the secular arts and sciences and encouraging adoption of the dress, customs, and language of the general population.
- hassocks — Plural form of hassock.
- hassocky — Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
- hatcheck — of, noting, or engaged in the checking of hats, coats, umbrellas, etc., into temporary safekeeping: a hatcheck girl.
- hatikvah — the national anthem of Israel.
- hatmaker — a maker of hats
- hattrick — Alternative spelling of hat trickt; three goals in one game.
- hauberks — Plural form of hauberk.
- haulback — (in lumbering) a small line for pulling a cable back to its original position after it has been used to haul a log away.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- havocker — a person who causes havoc
- hawk owl — a gray and white diurnal owl, Surnia ulula, of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, resembling a hawk in appearance and actions.
- 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.