8-letter words containing n, a, m, h
- homeland — one's native land.
- hoop-man — a basketball player.
- 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.
- horn-mad — furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanism — any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- huntsman — the member of a hunt staff who manages the hounds during the hunt.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenean — A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding; a hymeneal.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hymnally — In a hymnal way.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- inchmeal — by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
- inhumane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- inhumate — to bury; inhume
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- isthmian — of or relating to an isthmus.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- khamenei — Ayatollah Mohammed Ali, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.
- khamseen — Alternative spelling of khamsin.
- khansama — A male cook, who often also assumes the role of house steward.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- luhrmann — Baz (Mark Anthony). born 1962, Australian film director and screenwriter; his films include Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo and Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001), Australia (2008), and The Great Gatsby (2013)
- machinal — Of, or pertaining to machines.
- machined — Simple past tense and past participle of machine.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- macmahon — Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice [ma-ree ed-mey pa-trees moh-rees] /maˈri ˈɛd meɪ paˈtris moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), Count de (Duke of Magenta) 1808–93, president of France 1873–79.
- maconchy — Dame Elizabeth, married name Elizabeth LeFanu. 1907–94, British composer of Irish parentage; noted esp for her chamber music, which includes 13 string quartets and Romanza (1980) for viola and ensemble
- mah jong — a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
- mahanadi — a river in central India, flowing N and E to the Bay of Bengal. 550 miles (885 km) long.
- maharani — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- mahayana — the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought to be attainable through faith alone.
- mahendra — (Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva) 1920–72, king of Nepal 1955–72.
- mahjongg — Alternative spelling of mahjong.
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- mahonias — Plural form of mahonia.
- malihini — a newcomer to Hawaii.