8-letter words containing n, i, c, h
- hacienda — a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- hadronic — (physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- hatching — a shading line in drawing or engraving.
- hawfinch — a European grosbeak, Coccothraustes coccothraustes.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- heinrich — a male given name, Germanic form of Henry.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- hepcidin — A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
- hexanoic — Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hispanic — Spanish.
- hitching — Present participle of hitch.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- hormonic — 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.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- hunching — to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
- hutching — Present participle of hutch.
- hutchins — Robert Maynard, 1899–1977, U.S. educator and college president.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- hydronic — of or relating to a heating system for a building in which the medium for carrying heat throughout the structure is circulating water, especially when the circulation is aided by a pump.
- hygienic — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- hyphenic — relating to a hyphen
- hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hyrcania — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- icekhana — an auto-racing competition testing driving skills on a frozen lake.
- ichnites — Plural form of ichnite.
- in check — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- in chief — in charge
- in dutch — of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
- in touch — If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
- inarched — Simple past tense and past participle of inarch.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- inchmeal — by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
- inchworm — measuringworm.
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- indrench — to submerge, immerse, or drown (someone in something)
- infotech — Information technology.