8-letter words containing h
- air hole — a hole that allows the passage of air, esp for ventilation
- air horn — a horn activated by compressed air.
- air shot — a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a stroke
- air-ship — to send or ship via aircraft: to air-ship machine parts overseas.
- airbrush — An airbrush is an artist's tool which sprays paint onto a surface.
- aircheck — a recording made from a radio or television broadcast, often used for demonstration or quality control purposes
- aircoach — a bus that transports passengers to and from an airport
- airgraph — a system devised in the Second World War in which letters were photographed in miniature and sent by airmail
- airheads — Plural form of airhead.
- airlight — light scattered or diffused in the air by dust, haze, etc., especially as it limits the visibility of distant, dark objects by causing them to blend with the background sky.
- airshaft — (architecture) A vertical opening running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.
- airships — Plural form of airship.
- airshows — Plural form of airshow.
- airtight — If a container is airtight, its lid fits so tightly that no air can get in or out.
- akhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- al fatah — a Palestinian terrorist organization, founded in 1956, with the aim of destroying the state of Israel: it has splintered into rival factions since 1988
- al hufuf — a town in E Saudi Arabia: a trading centre with nearby oilfields and oases. Pop: 331 000 (2005 est)
- ala dagh — a mountain range in S Turkey: highest peak, about 11,000 feet (3350 meters).
- alachlor — a herbicide in the chloroacetanilide family
- alberich — (in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs
- albright — Horace Marden [mahrd-n] /ˈmɑrd n/ (Show IPA), 1890–1987, U.S. conservationist and cofounder of the National Park Service.
- alcahest — the universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
- alchemic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alchevsk — a city in E Ukraine. Pop: 117 000 (2005 est)
- alchuine — (Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- alcohols — Plural form of alcohol.
- aldehyde — any organic compound containing the group -CHO. Aldehydes are oxidized to carboxylic acids and take part in many addition reactions
- alebench — a bench inside or in front of an alehouse
- alehouse — An alehouse is a pub.
- aleichem — Sholom, real name Solomon Rabinowitz. 1859–1916, US Jewish writer, born in Russia. His works include Tevye the Milkman, which was adapted for the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof
- alekhine — Alexander. 1892–1946, Russian-born chess player who lived in France; world champion (1927–35, 1937–46)
- algraphy — (formerly) an offset process employing an aluminum plate instead of a stone.
- alhambra — a citadel and palace in Granada, Spain, built for the Moorish kings during the 13th and 14th centuries: noted for its rich ornamentation
- alighted — Simple past tense and past participle of alight.
- alkahest — the hypothetical universal solvent sought by alchemists
- all hail — an archaic greeting or salutation
- all that — You use all that in statements with negative meaning when you want to weaken the force of what you are saying.
- allheals — Plural form of allheal.
- allmouth — angler (def 3).
- allocher — any of the variant forms of a chereme.
- allopath — a person who practises or is skilled in allopathy
- allright — yes; very well; OK: All right, I'll go with you.
- allyship — The role or status of being an ally.
- almighty — The Almighty is another name for God. You can also refer to Almighty God.
- almirahs — Plural form of almirah.
- almohade — a member of a group of puritanical Muslims, originally Berbers, who arose in S Morocco in the 12th century as a reaction against the corrupt Almoravides and who ruled Spain and all Maghrib from about 1147 to after 1213
- alphabet — An alphabet is a set of letters usually presented in a fixed order which is used for writing the words of a particular language or group of languages.
- alphette — (rare) an alpha female; a confident, self-assured woman.
- alphonse — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “ready.”.