8-letter words containing h
- assholes — Plural form of asshole.
- asthenia — an abnormal loss of strength; debility
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- astonish — If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
- at heart — If you say that someone is a particular kind of person at heart, you mean that that is what they are really like, even though they may seem very different.
- at night — If it is a particular time at night, it is during the time when it is dark and is before midnight.
- at sight — as soon as seen
- atchison — a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- atechnic — a person who has no technical or scientific ability or understanding
- athaliah — a daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and usurper of the throne of Judah, reigned 842–837 b.c. II Kings 11:1–3.
- athanasy — an absence of death or the condition of everlasting life
- atheists — Plural form of atheist.
- atheldom — (rare) The state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.
- atheling — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a prince of any of the royal dynasties
- atheneum — (initial capital letter) a sanctuary of Athena at Athens, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and frequented by poets and scholars.
- athenian — a native or inhabitant of Athens
- atherine — any of several small fish of the genus Atherina
- athermal — (physics) Describing any process that does not involve either heat or a change in temperature.
- atheroma — a fatty deposit on or within the inner lining of an artery, often causing an obstruction to the blood flow
- atherton — Mike, full name Michael Andrew Atherton. born 1968, English cricketer: played for Lancashire (1987–2001) and England (1989–2001); captain of England (1993–1998)
- athetize — to reject as not genuine
- athetoid — (symptom) characterised by athetosis.
- athletes — Plural form of athlete.
- athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
- athodyds — Plural form of athodyd.
- athonite — of or relating to Mount Athos.
- atrichia — congenital absence or loss of hair.
- atrophia — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attached — If you are attached to someone or something, you like them very much.
- attacher — Someone who attaches.
- attaches — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- audhumla — a cow, owned by Ymir and born like him from drops of the melting primeval ice: its licking of a mass of salty ice exposed the first god, Buri.
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- aunthood — the state of being, or relationship of, aunt
- autarchy — unlimited rule; autocracy
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autobahn — An autobahn is a German motorway.
- autoharp — a zither-like musical instrument used in country-and-western music, equipped with button-controlled dampers that can prevent selected strings from sounding, thus allowing chords to be played. It is plucked with the fingers or a plectrum
- automath — One who is self-taught; an autodidact.
- availeth — Archaic third-person singular form of avail.
- avoucher — a person who avouches
- avouches — to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.
- aweather — towards the weather
- ayacucho — a city in SE Peru: nearby is the site of the battle (1824) that won independence for Peru. Pop: 150 000 (2005 est)
- ayrshire — a historical county of SW Scotland, formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
- azimuths — Plural form of azimuth.
- b school — business school.
- b-method — (programming, tool) A system for rigorous or formal development of software using the notion of Abstract Machines to specify and design software systems. The B-Method is supported by the B-Toolkit. Abstract Machines are specified using the Abstract Machine Notation (AMN) which is in turn based on the mathematical theory of Generalised Substitutions.
- b-school — a business school or business college