8-letter words containing r, h, i, n
- inhering — to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent: the advantages that inhere in a democratic system.
- inherits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inherit.
- inholder — An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
- inkhorns — Plural form of inkhorn.
- inrushes — Plural form of inrush.
- inshrine — enshrine.
- insphere — ensphere.
- inthrall — Archaic form of enthrall.
- inthrone — enthrone.
- intrench — Alternative form of entrench.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iserlohn — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia,W Germany.
- isochron — A line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
- jahangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- jehangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- kerching — (onomatopoeia, informal, humorous) Said to indicate that someone is obtaining money, especially a comparatively large amount.
- kirchner — Ernst Ludwig, 1880–1938, German expressionist artist.
- kohinoor — an Indian diamond weighing 106 carats; now part of the British crown jewels.
- korchnoi — Victor. 1931–2016, Soviet-born chess player: Soviet champion 1960, 1962, and 1964: defected to the West in 1976
- linisher — a machine that polishes and makes the surface of a material smooth using a moving belt coated in an abrasive material
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- 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.
- michener — (Daniel) Roland, 1900–91, Canadian public official and diplomat: governor general 1967–74.
- 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.
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphing — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- murrhine — of, relating to, or manufactured of murra.
- narghile — a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- nargileh — Alternative form of narghile.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- nephrism — chronic kidney disease, renal failure
- nephrite — Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- new-rich — newly or suddenly wealthy.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nichiren — (Zennichi; Zenshobo Rencho) 1222–82, Japanese Buddhist monk: founder of Nichiren Buddhism.
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- nighters — Plural form of nighter.
- 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.
- northing — northward movement or deviation.
- nosherei — food for snacking or noshing.
- 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