8-letter words containing n, a, h, l
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- clachans — Plural form of clachan.
- clannish — If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- clathrin — a basketlike network of protein molecules that forms on the cell membrane in response to the attachment of ligands to receptors and becomes the inside surface of the coated vesicle during endocytosis.
- cleaneth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clean.
- clubhand — congenital deformity of the hand
- dahlgren — John Adelphus Bernard, 1809–70, U.S. naval officer and inventor.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
- elaphine — relating to or resembling a red deer
- elephant — A heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- enthrall — Capture the fascinated attention of.
- enthrals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthral.
- ethanoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- ethnical — (rare) Ethnic.
- eulachon — A small edible fish of North America, Thaleichthys pacificus; the candlefish.
- exhalant — Exhaling (emitting a fluid).
- exhaling — Present participle of exhale.
- fahlband — (geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- fanlight — a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.
- fellahin — a native peasant or laborer in Egypt, Syria, etc.
- flash on — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flashgun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- gunwhale — Misspelling of gunwale.
- habenula — a narrow bandlike structure, as the stalk attaching the pineal gland to the thalamus.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- haffling — Present participle of haffle.
- haggling — Present participle of haggle.
- hairline — a very slender line.
- halafian — of or belonging to the Neolithic culture chiefly of northern Syria, dating to the fifth millennium b.c. and characterized by adobe dwellings and polychrome pottery decorated with animal designs and geometric patterns.
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- halazone — a white crystalline powder, C 7 H 5 Cl 2 NO 4 S, having a strong chlorinelike odor, used to disinfect water.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- haleness — free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- halfling — (in fiction and fantasy) a member of a race of small people.
- halfmoon — the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
- halfness — The quality of being half; incompleteness.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- halligan — A tool, used mostly by firemen, to pry open buildings, manholes, wrecked cars, etc.
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- hamilton — William Hamilton