8-letter words containing hr
- dethrone — If a king, queen, or other powerful person is dethroned, they are removed from their position of power.
- dichroic — (of a solution or uniaxial crystal) exhibiting dichroism
- dishrags — Plural form of dishrag.
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- enshrine — Place (a revered or precious object) in an appropriate receptacle.
- enshroud — Envelop completely and hide from view.
- enthrall — Capture the fascinated attention of.
- enthrals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthral.
- enthrill — (transitive) To pierce; penetrate; run through; stab.
- enthrone — Install (a monarch) on a throne, especially during a ceremony to mark the beginning of their rule.
- erythro- — red
- erythron — red blood cells and their related tissues
- euchring — Present participle of euchre.
- euphrasy — eyebright
- fuehrers — Plural form of fuehrer.
- geschrei — a yell; shout.
- highrise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- hreidmar — (in the Volsunga Saga) the father of Fafnir, Otter, and Regin. He demanded wergild from the gods for killing Otter, and was killed by Fafnir when he got it.
- hrvatska — Croatian name of Croatia.
- humphrey — (Duke of Gloucester) 1391–1447, English soldier and statesman (youngest son of Henry IV).
- inshrine — enshrine.
- inthrall — Archaic form of enthrall.
- inthrone — enthrone.
- isochron — A line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
- jahrzeit — the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the morning and afternoon services of the day itself.
- kachahri — (in India) a courthouse
- kashruth — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- luhrmann — Baz (Mark Anthony). born 1962, Australian film director and screenwriter; his films include Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo and Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001), Australia (2008), and The Great Gatsby (2013)
- maghrebi — a native or inhabitant of the Maghreb.
- mahratta — Maratha.
- mahratti — Marathi.
- misthrew — Simple past form of misthrow.
- misthrow — (transitive) To throw incorrectly.
- mithraic — of Mithras or Mithraism
- mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- nephrism — chronic kidney disease, renal failure
- nephrite — Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- nephrons — Plural form of nephron.
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- no throw — an illegal throw in a sport such as the discus or shot put
- northrop — John Howard, 1891–1987, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1946.
- northrup — a male given name.
- ochreous — ocher.
- outthrob — to outdo in throbbing
- outthrow — to throw out or extend: His arms were outthrown in greeting.
- pamphrey — a cabbage