8-letter words containing r, h, i, n, a
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- maharani — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- manuhiri — a visitor to a Māori marae
- marching — to touch at the border; border.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- narghile — a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- nargileh — Alternative form of narghile.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nightjar — a nocturnal European bird, Caprimulgus europaeus, of the family Caprimulgidae, having a short bill and a wide mouth and feeding on insects captured in the air.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- nonhairy — Not hairy.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nurhachi — 1559–1626, Manchurian leader, who unified the Manchurian state and began (1618) the Manchurian conquest of China
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parishen — a parishioner
- parochin — a parish
- parthian — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- pharming — the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.
- phrasing — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- phrygian — of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.
- prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
- rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
- ranching — an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- raphania — a type of ergotism possibly resulting from ingestion of the poison from radish seeds
- rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rhiannon — the wife of Pwyll who, accused of having eaten her son, was forced as a penance to carry people on her back until vindicated by her son's return.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- saharian — a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- share in — receive part of
- sharking — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- sharping — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- shireman — a sheriff
- tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
- thin air — If someone or something disappears into thin air, they disappear completely. If someone or something appears out of thin air, they appear suddenly and mysteriously.