8-letter words containing r, e, h, i
- frighted — Simple past tense and past participle of fright.
- frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frothier — Comparative form of frothy.
- furphies — Plural form of furphy.
- gershwin — George, 1898–1937, U.S. composer.
- geschrei — a yell; shout.
- gherkins — Plural form of gherkin.
- ghiberti — Lorenzo [law-ren-tsaw] /lɔˈrɛn tsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1378–1455, Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and painter.
- ghiordes — a Turkish rug characterized by an uneven pile produced by the Ghiordes knot.
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- greenish — somewhat green; having a tinge of green.
- grinches — Plural form of grinch.
- grumphie — a familiar name for a pig.
- haeremai — a Māori expression of welcome
- hagrider — a person or thing that causes distressing anxiety or apprehension
- hagrides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride.
- hair gel — a jelly-like substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- hair net — a cap of loose net, as of silk or nylon, for holding the hair in place.
- haircare — The care and treatment of the hair.
- hairiest — covered with hair; having much hair.
- hairless — without hair; bald: his pink hairless pate.
- hairlike — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hairline — a very slender line.
- hairnets — Plural form of hairnet.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- hardwire — Alternative spelling of hard-wire.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- hargeisa — a city in NW Somalia.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harriers — Plural form of harrier.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- hauliers — Plural form of haulier.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- headrail — a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- heartier — Comparative form of hearty.
- hearties — Plural form of hearty.
- heartily — in a hearty manner; cordially: He was greeted heartily.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heathier — heathery.
- hebraism — an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- hebraize — to use expressions or constructions distinctive of the Hebrew language.