8-letter words containing n, i, h, l
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- howlings — Plural form of howling.
- huddling — Present participle of huddle.
- humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- hustling — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- huxleian — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hymnlike — Resembling a hymn in form or sound.
- ilyushin — Sergei Vladimirovich (sɛrˈɡɛi vladiˈmiːrovɪtʃ). 1894–1977, Soviet aircraft designer. He designed the dive bomber Il-2 Stormovik and the jet airliner Il-62
- in holes — so worn as to be full of holes
- inchmeal — by inches; inch by inch; little by little.
- inflight — done, served, or shown during an air voyage: an in-flight movie.
- inhalant — a medicine, allergen, or other substance that is inhaled.
- inhalers — Plural form of inhaler.
- inhaling — Present participle of inhale.
- inholder — An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
- inthrall — Archaic form of enthrall.
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- iserlohn — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia,W Germany.
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- kienholz — Edward, 1927–1994, U.S. painter.
- knightly — characteristic of a knight; noble, courageous, and generous: knightly deeds.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- 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.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- lecithin — Biochemistry. any of a group of phospholipids, occurring in animal and plant tissues and egg yolk, composed of units of choline, phosphoric acid, fatty acids, and glycerol.
- leeching — any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lezghian — a member of a people living mainly in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation.
- lhevinne — Josef [joh-zuh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf/ (Show IPA), 1874–1944, Russian pianist.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- lichened — Covered with lichen.
- lichenin — a white, gelatinous, polysaccharide starch, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from various lichens.
- liebchen — A person who is very dear to another (often used as a term of endearment).
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- lighting — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- linchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- linehaul — noting or pertaining to the transport, usually by truck, of heavy loads of freight for long distances or between cities.
- linisher — a machine that polishes and makes the surface of a material smooth using a moving belt coated in an abrasive material
- lionfish — a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, especially P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins.