8-letter words containing hel
- helminth — a worm, especially a parasitic worm.
- helmless — Nautical. a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered. the entire steering apparatus of a ship. the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned: 15-degree helm.
- helmsman — a person who steers a ship.
- helmsmen — Plural form of helmsman.
- helotage — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- help out — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- helpable — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- helpdesk — Alternative spelling of help desk.
- helpfull — Archaic form of helpful.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- helpless — unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
- helpline — A telephone service providing help with problems.
- helpmann — Sir Robert (Murray) 1909–86, Australian dancer, choreographer, and actor.
- helpmate — a companion and helper.
- helpmeet — helpmate.
- helsinki — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- helvetic — a Swiss Protestant; Zwinglian.
- helvetii — a Celtic tribe from SW Germany who settled in Helvetia from about 200 bc
- herschel — Sir John Frederick William, 1792–1871, English astronomer.
- koheleth — the book of Ecclesiastes.
- louchely — in an oblique or shifty manner
- lumachel — (mineralogy) A grey form of limestone that contains fossil shells, and reflects a fiery play of colours.
- mechelen — French Malines. Flemish Mechelen [mekh-uh-luh n] /ˈmɛx ə lən/ (Show IPA). a city in N Belgium.
- michelet — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1798–1874, French historian.
- michelin — André (ɑ̃dre). 1853–1931, French industrialist; founder, with his brother Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), of the Michelin Tyre Company (1888): the first to use demountable pneumatic tyres on motor vehicles
- michelle — a female given name.
- mitchell — Arthur, born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer, choreographer, and ballet company director.
- nephelo- — clouds, cloudy
- nutshell — the shell of a nut.
- on-shelf — On-shelf goods are available now and displayed for sale.
- opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- phelloid — having a resemblance to cork
- rakehell — a licentious or dissolute man; rake.
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- robohelp — (tool) A Microsoft Windows Help authoring tool from Blue Sky Software. Used with Microsoft Word to create Help files for inclusion in a Windows application or for stand alone use.
- rochelle — a seaport in and the capital of Charente Maritime, in W France; besieged while a Huguenot stronghold 1627–29.
- schellum — a person or an animal that is a rascal or villain
- seashell — the shell of any marine mollusk.
- shelduck — a sheldrake.
- shelepin — Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
- shelfful — an amount adequate to fill a shelf: They buy canned goods by the shelfful.
- shellack — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shellful — the amount held in a shell; the amount needed to fill a shell; a small amount
- shelling — act of removing shell
- sheltery — providing shelter
- shelving — material for shelves.
- subshell — a group of electrons in an atom belonging to the same shell and also having the same azimuthal quantum number.