8-letter words containing k, h
- hike out — to lean backwards over the side of a light sailing boat in order to carry the centre of gravity as far to windward as possible to reduce heeling
- hillfolk — the inhabitants of a hill or hills
- hillocks — Plural form of hillock.
- hillocky — Resembling a hillock.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- hirakata — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, NE of Osaka.
- hit back — retaliate
- hit-skip — hit-and-run (defs 1, 2).
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- hockshop — a pawnshop.
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- 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.
- hokiness — The state or condition of being hoky.
- hokinson — Helen, c1900–49, U.S. cartoonist.
- hokkaido — a large island in N Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).
- holbrook — Stewart H(all) 1893–1964, U.S. historian and editor.
- 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.
- holodeck — (science fiction) A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
- 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.
- home key — See under home row.
- homelike — like or suggestive of home; familiar; warmly comfortable.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homework — schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).
- 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.
- hoodlike — Resembling a hood.
- hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
- hook-tip — any of several moths of the genus Daepana, characterized by the hooked point on each forewing
- hooklike — Resembling a hook.
- hookload — The hookload is the total force pulling down on the hook (= a high-capacity J-shaped piece of equipment).
- hooknose — a curved nose; aquiline nose.
- hookworm — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
- hooplike — Resembling a hoop.
- 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.
- horokaka — a New Zealand low-growing plant, Disphyma australe with fleshy leaves and pink or white flowers
- hosecock — a threaded exterior faucet, as for attaching a garden hose.
- hoselike — resembling a hose
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.
- hot lick — lick (def 11).
- 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.
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hot take — a superficially researched and hastily written journalistic piece, online post, etc., that presents opinions as facts and is often moralistic: a hot take on healthcare reform.
- hot-desk — If employees hot-desk, they are not assigned particular desks and work at any desk that is available.