8-letter words containing k, h
- 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.
- hecklers — Plural form of heckler.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
- heiltsuk — a member of a coastal Native Canadian people living in British Columbia
- heketara — a small shrub, Olearia rani, which has flowers with white petals and yellow centres
- hekhsher — hechsher.
- helideck — (nautical) A platform (on a vessel or offshore structure) on which helicopters may land and take off.
- hellkite — a fiendishly cruel and wicked person.
- helpdesk — Alternative spelling of help desk.
- 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.
- hemlocks — Plural form of hemlock.
- hen hawk — chicken hawk (def 1).
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henpecks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck.
- herakles — Hercules
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- herblike — Resembling a herb or some aspect of one.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- herdbook — A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
- herdlike — Resembling a herd or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- heretick — Obsolete form of heretic.
- herkimer — Nicholas, 1728–77, American Revolutionary general.
- herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
- hezekiah — a king of Judah of the 7th and 8th centuries b.c. II Kings 18.
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- hicksite — a member of the liberal body of Quakers in the U.S., who asserted the sufficiency of the Inner Light in religious life.
- hickwall — any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- high-key — (of a photograph) having chiefly light tones, usually with little tonal contrast (distinguished from low-key).
- 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.