8-letter words containing n, a, h, l
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hla gene — any of a complex of genes, located on human chromosome 6, that govern the expression of HLA.
- hoagland — Edward, born 1932, U.S. novelist and essayist.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- hollaing — Present participle of holla.
- hollande — François (frɑ̃swa). born 1954, French socialist politician, president of France (2012–17)
- hollands — John Philip, 1840–1914, Irish inventor in the U.S.
- holy man — priest, spiritual leader
- homeland — one's native land.
- hooligan — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hormonal — Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- hortulan — (obsolete) Belonging to a garden.
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- hov lane — a highway or street lane for high-occupancy vehicles, usually marked with large diamond shapes on the pavement.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- huntable — capable of being hunted
- huxleian — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- huxleyan — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hymnally — In a hymnal way.
- inchmeal — by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
- inhalant — a medicine, allergen, or other substance that is inhaled.
- inhalers — Plural form of inhaler.
- inhaling — Present participle of inhale.
- inthrall — Archaic form of enthrall.
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- john law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- kathleen — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- kelthane — a pesticide sprayed on agricultural and ornamental plants to eliminate mites
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- lahontan — Lake, an Ice Age lake in W Nevada and NE California, about 8600 sq. mi. (22,000 sq. km): remnants include Carson Sink, Pyramid Lake.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- langshan — one of a breed of large, black or white, white-skinned Asiatic domestic chickens, having a single comb and feathered shanks and producing dark-brown eggs.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lanthorn — lantern.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- launched — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- launcher — a person or thing that launches.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- law-hand — a style of handwriting used in old legal documents, especially in England.