8-letter words containing a, h, u, t
- hattusas — the capital of the ancient Hittite empire in Asia Minor: site of modern Boghazköy, Turkey.
- hau tree — a clambering tree, Hibiscus tileaceus, of tropical shores, having leathery, ovate leaves and yellow flowers that turn dark red as they fade, and yielding a fiber used as cordage.
- haunting — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- hauriant — (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- have out — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hazelnut — the nut of the hazel; filbert.
- hazlenut — Misspelling of hazelnut.
- head out — leave, start a journey
- headbutt — A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into the opponent, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.
- headhunt — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- hear out — listen to the end
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- heat gun — a handheld device that produces a flameless stream of extremely hot air, as for rapid drying or for softening paint for removal.
- hiatuses — Plural form of hiatus.
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- hortulan — (obsolete) Belonging to a garden.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- huang ti — the legendary first emperor of China.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- huntable — capable of being hunted
- huntaway — a sheep dog.
- huntsman — the member of a hunt staff who manages the hounds during the hunt.
- ich-laut — the voiceless palatal fricative sound that is written as ch in German ich, often allophonic with the ach-laut
- inhumate — to bury; inhume
- judahite — a member of the tribe of Judah or of the kingdom of Judah.
- jugurtha — died 104 b.c, king of Numidia 113–104.
- kashruth — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- katyusha — Alternative case form of Katyusha.
- khartoum — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- la-chute — French La Chute. a novel (1957) by Albert Camus.
- laghouat — a city in N Algeria.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- lash out — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lathyrus — a genus of leguminous climbing plants that includes the sweet pea
- laugh at — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laugheth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'laugh'.
- laughter — the action or sound of laughing.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- lithuria — the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the urine.
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- lutheran — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- manhunts — Plural form of manhunt.
- match up — pair
- match-up — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.