8-letter words starting with h
- hand-car — a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
- hand-job — an act of masturbation.
- hand-off — Football. an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate. the ball itself during the execution of such a transfer: He fumbled the hand-off.
- hand-out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handbags — a bag or box of leather, fabric, plastic, or the like, held in the hand or carried by means of a handle or strap, commonly used by women for holding money, toilet articles, small purchases, etc.
- handball — a game, similar to squash, played by two or four persons who strike a small ball against a wall or walls with the hand.
- handbell — a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.
- handbill — a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
- handcars — Plural form of handcar.
- handcart — a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.
- handclap — a clapping of the hands.
- handcuff — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- handedly — (nonstandard) Easily; with ease.
- handfast — Archaic. a covenant or contract, especially a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp.
- handfeed — Agriculture. to feed (animals) with apportioned amounts at regular intervals. Compare self-feed.
- handfull — Archaic form of handful.
- handfuls — Plural form of handful.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handguns — Plural form of handgun.
- handheld — held in the hand or hands: a handheld torch.
- handhold — a grip with the hand or hands.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- handiest — superlative form of handy: most handy.
- handiron — andiron.
- handlamp — A small lamp carried in the hand.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handless — without a hand or hands.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- handling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- handload — to load (cartridges or other ammunition) by hand.
- handloom — a loom operated manually, in contrast to a power loom.
- handmade — made by hand, rather than by machine: the luxury of handmade shoes.
- handmaid — something that is necessarily subservient or subordinate to another: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship.
- handmill — A mill for grinding grain, pepper, coffee, etc. worked by hand as distinguished from those driven by steam, water, or other power; a quern.
- handoffs — Plural form of handoff, alternative form of 'hand-off'.
- handouts — Plural form of handout.
- handover — the act of relinquishing property, authority, etc.: a handover of occupied territory.
- handpass — (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) A pass made by holding the ball in one hand, and hitting it with the other hand.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- handrail — a rail serving as a support or guard at the side of a stairway, platform, etc.
- handroll — a Japanese dish consisting of a large cone of dried seaweed filled with cold rice and other ingredients, eaten with the fingers rather than chopsticks
- hands on — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands up — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hands-on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- handsaws — Plural form of handsaw.
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- handsets — Plural form of handset.
- handsewn — sewn by hand.