8-letter words starting with hi
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- highlife — an expensive, glamorous, or elegant style of living.
- highline — kicker (def 9).
- highlite — Misspelling of highlight.
- highmost — highest
- highness — the quality or state of being high; loftiness.
- 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.
- highspot — highlight
- hightail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- highting — an oath; promise
- hightops — Plural form of hightop.
- highveld — Alternative case form of Highveld.
- highwall — the unexcavated face of exposed overburden and coal in a surface mine.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hijacked — Illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
- hijacker — a person who hijacks.
- hike out — to lean backwards over the side of a light sailing boat in order to carry the centre of gravity as far to windward as possible to reduce heeling
- hilarity — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hillfolk — the inhabitants of a hill or hills
- hillfort — a hilltop fortified with ramparts and ditches, dating from the second millennium bc
- hilliard — Nicholas, 1547–1619, English goldsmith and miniaturist painter.
- hillocks — Plural form of hillock.
- hillocky — Resembling a hillock.
- hillside — a township in NE New Jersey.
- hillsite — a location or site on the side or top of a hill.
- hillsman — A man who belongs to a tribe inhabiting the hills.
- hilltops — Plural form of hilltop.
- hiltless — without a hilt
- himalaya — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- himation — a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- himselfe — Obsolete spelling of himself.
- hinayana — earlier of the two great schools of Buddhism, still prevalent in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia, emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- hind tit — the worst or least valuable part; that left over after the best is taken or apportioned.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hindered — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hinderer — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hindfell — the mountain on whose fiery top Brynhild slept until awakened by Sigurd.
- hindfoot — A rear foot.
- hindhead — the back of the head
- hindlegs — Plural form of hindleg.
- hindlimb — Alternative spelling of hind limb.
- hindmost — furtherest behind or nearest the rear; last.
- hinduism — the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.
- hinduize — to convert to or bring under the influence of Hinduism.
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hindward — backward
- hindwing — a rear wing on a four-winged insect