8-letter words containing n, a, g, h, i
- earthing — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- exhaling — Present participle of exhale.
- faithing — the practice of a faith
- fanlight — a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.
- farthing — a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
- fasching — a carnival celebration that precedes Lent in German-speaking countries and communities; Shrovetide.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- gahnites — Plural form of gahnite.
- gandhian — of or relating to Mohandas Gandhi or to Gandhiism.
- gashings — Plural form of gashing.
- ghanaian — a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Capital: Accra.
- gnashing — to grind or strike (the teeth) together, especially in rage or pain.
- gnathion — Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- gnathite — any of the mouth appendages of an insect or other arthropod.
- graphing — Present participle of graph.
- habiting — Present participle of habit.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- haffling — Present participle of haffle.
- haggling — Present participle of haggle.
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- halfling — (in fiction and fantasy) a member of a race of small people.
- halligan — A tool, used mostly by firemen, to pry open buildings, manholes, wrecked cars, etc.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hang it! — an exclamation of anger or exasperation
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hangings — Plural form of hanging.
- hangnail — a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harrying — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- harshing — Present participle of harsh.
- hassling — a disorderly dispute.
- hastings — Thomas, 1860–1929, U.S. architect.
- hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
- haunting — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hawkling — A small, young, or immature hawk.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- hegelian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system.
- hennaing — an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).