8-letter words containing t, h, a, l
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- felt hat — a soft hat made of felt
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flatfish — any fish of the order Heterosomata (Pleuronectiformes), including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult.
- flathead — any of several scorpaenoid fishes of the family Platycephalidae, chiefly inhabiting waters of the Indo-Pacific region and used for food.
- flattish — somewhat flat.
- flatwash — an area of solid colour, whether in artwork or scenery
- gaslight — light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- ghastful — frightful.
- gilthead — any of several marine fishes having gold markings, as a sparid, Sparus auratus, of the Mediterranean Sea.
- goethals — George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- golgotha — a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified; Calvary.
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- graithly — in a graith manner
- hability — Obsolete form of ability.
- habitual — of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- hailshot — small pellets of ammunition resembling hail when it is discharged and broadcast in all directions
- hairtail — any marine spiny-finned fish of the family Trichiuridae, most common in warm seas, having a long whiplike scaleless body and long sharp teeth
- halakoth — Halakhah.
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- half cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-wit — a person who is feeble-minded.
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- halibuts — Plural form of halibut.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- halmstad — a seaport in SW Sweden.
- haltered — Simple past tense and past participle of halter.
- halteres — Plural form of haltere.
- haltless — without stopping
- halutzim — a person who immigrates to Israel to establish or join a settlement for accomplishing tasks, as clearing the land or planting trees, that are necessary to future development of the country.
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- hamulate — Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- haptical — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
- hardtail — blue runner.
- harlotry — prostitution.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- hartnell — Sir Norman. 1901–79, English couturier
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatchels — Plural form of hatchel.
- hateable — meriting hatred or loathing.
- hatefull — Obsolete form of hateful.
- hateless — without feelings of hatred
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.