8-letter words starting with hi
- hinge on — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- hinglish — a variety of English incorporating elements of Hindi
- hinnying — Present participle of hinny.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hip bath — small bathtub or bath chair
- hip boot — a hip-high boot, usually of rubber, worn by fishermen, firefighters, etc.
- hip roof — a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.
- hip size — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
- hip-shot — (esp of a horse) having a dislocated hip
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- hipparch — (in ancient Greece) a cavalry commander
- hippiest — having big hips.
- hippuric — of or relating to hippuric acid
- hippyish — (informal) Having characteristics of a hippy.
- hipsters — hipsters, Chiefly British. hiphuggers (def 2).
- hiragana — the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- hirakata — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, NE of Osaka.
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- hire car — a car that you rent for a specified, usually short, period
- hire out — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- hireable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hireling — a person who works only for pay, especially in a menial or boring job, with little or no concern for the value of the work.
- hirohito — ("Showa") 1901–89, emperor of Japan 1926–89.
- hirrient — a trilled sound in speech or song
- his nibs — a mock title used of someone in authority
- his/hers — his or hers
- hispania — Spain.
- hispanic — Spanish.
- hispano- — Hispanic
- histamin — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histioid — histoid.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- histones — Plural form of histone.
- historic — well-known or important in history: a historic building; historic occasions.
- historie — Archaic spelling of history.
- histosol — a worldwide soil type rich in organic matter, as peat, especially prevalent in wet, poorly drained areas.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hit back — retaliate
- hit list — a list of persons singled out as targets for murder.
- hit rate — (architecture) The fraction of all memory reads which are satisfied from the cache.
- hit show — successful tv series
- hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hit-skip — hit-and-run (defs 1, 2).
- hitch up — pull higher; clothing, suspender
- hitchily — with hitches or in a hitchy or jerky manner
- hitching — Present participle of hitch.
- hitherto — up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
- hittable — (of a ball or pitch) capable of being hit
- hive off — a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.