8-letter words containing r, i, g, h
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hardinge — Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore. 1785–1856, British politician, soldier, and colonial administrator; governor general of India (1844–48)
- hargeisa — a city in NW Somalia.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harrying — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- harshing — Present participle of harsh.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- headring — an African head decoration and symbol of maturity
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heritage — something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.
- hierurgy — a holy act or rite of worship.
- high bar — a bar fixed in a position parallel to the floor or ground, for use in chinning and other exercises.
- high-res — high-resolution.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highbred — of superior breed.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- highrise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hiragana — the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- hireling — a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- holliger — Heinz (haints). born 1939, Swiss oboist and composer
- homegirl — a girl or woman from the same locality as oneself.
- homering — Present participle of homer.
- honoring — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hungrier — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- 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.
- hurrying — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- ingrowth — growth inward.
- 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.
- ishiguro — Kazuo [kah-zoo-oh,, kaz-oo-oh] /ˈkɑ zuˌoʊ,, ˈkæz uˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1954, English novelist, born in Japan.
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- 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.
- lighters — Plural form of lighter.
- litharge — a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.