8-letter words containing h, e, i, g, t
- highlite — Misspelling of highlight.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- ketching — Present participle of ketch.
- knighted — a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- lighters — Plural form of lighter.
- lightest — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- litharge — a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- might've — Might've is the usual spoken form of 'might have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- mightest — (archaic) second-person singular simple past of may.
- mightier — having, characterized by, or showing superior power or strength: mighty rulers.
- mighties — Plural form of mighty.
- nighters — Plural form of nighter.
- nighties — Plural form of nightie.
- othering — (chiefly philosophy) The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien.
- outweigh — to exceed in value, importance, influence, etc.: The advantages of the plan outweighed its defects.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- phengite — a type of transparent selenite
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- regolith — mantle rock.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.
- rightest — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- seething — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- sennight — a week.
- sheeting — Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
- sightsee — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- tealight — small candle floated in water
- teething — eruption of the deciduous teeth, especially the phenomena associated with their eruption.
- teiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- the grid — the national network of transmission lines, pipes, etc, by which electricity, gas, or water is distributed
- the ring — the sport of boxing
- therblig — (in time and motion study) any of the basic elements involved in completing a given manual operation or task that can be subjected to analysis.
- thesiger — Wilfred (Patrick). 1910–2003, British writer, who explored the Empty Quarter of Arabia (1945–50) and lived with the Iraqi marsh Arabs (1950–58). His books include Arabian Sands (1958), The Marsh Arabs (1964), and My Kenya Days (1994)
- theurgic — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
- thieving — to take by theft; steal.
- thingies — Facetious. any small item whose name is unknown or forgotten.
- thirlage — an obligation imposed upon tenants of certain lands requiring them to have their grain ground at a specified mill
- tigerish — tigerlike, as in strength, fierceness, courage, or coloration.
- toughies — a tough person, especially one who is belligerent.
- unweight — Skiing. to lessen downward force and friction between the skis and the snow by a quick upward or downward shifting of the body or by using bumps in the terrain.