8-letter words containing w, h, i
- hamewith — in a homewards manner
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- hardwire — Alternative spelling of hard-wire.
- haridwar — a city in Uttar Pradesh, N India, on the Ganges River: a holy city to Hindus.
- hawaiian — of or relating to Hawaii or the Hawaiian Islands.
- hawaiite — (geology) An olivine basalt intermediate between alkali olivine and mugearite.
- hawfinch — a European grosbeak, Coccothraustes coccothraustes.
- hawkbill — hawksbill turtle.
- hawkbits — Plural form of hawkbit.
- hawklike — any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
- hawkling — A small, young, or immature hawk.
- headwind — a wind opposed to the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to tailwind).
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- herewith — along with this.
- hiawatha — the central figure of The Song of Hiawatha (1855), a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: named after a legendary Indian chief, fl. c1570.
- hickwall — any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.
- hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
- high-low — a game of poker in which both high and low hands are eligible to win, the pot usually being split equally between the player with the highest hand and the player with the lowest hand.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- highwall — the unexcavated face of exposed overburden and coal in a surface mine.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hindward — backward
- hindwing — a rear wing on a four-winged insect
- hit show — successful tv series
- hiveward — (of a bee's movement) towards the hive
- hiwassee — a river in NE Georgia, SW North Carolina, and SE Tennessee, flowing N to the Tennessee River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- hog wild — highly excited; without moderation or restraint
- hog-wild — wildly or intemperately enthusiastic or excited.
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
- horowitz — Vladimir [vlad-uh-meer,, vla-dee-meer] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər,, vlæˈdi mɪər/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, U.S. pianist, born in Russia.
- hot-wire — Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.
- hotwired — Simple past tense and past participle of hotwire.
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
- howlings — Plural form of howling.
- ice show — entertainment in which a company of ice skaters exhibit their skills to musical accompaniment.
- ichikawa — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, NE of Tokyo.
- inchworm — measuringworm.
- ingrowth — growth inward.
- itchweed — a hellebore, Veratrum album, that is native to Europe
- kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- kweichow — Guizhou.
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lie with — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- lowlight — A particularly disappointing or dull event or feature.