8-letter words containing l, h
- almohade — a member of a group of puritanical Muslims, originally Berbers, who arose in S Morocco in the 12th century as a reaction against the corrupt Almoravides and who ruled Spain and all Maghrib from about 1147 to after 1213
- alphabet — An alphabet is a set of letters usually presented in a fixed order which is used for writing the words of a particular language or group of languages.
- alphette — (rare) an alpha female; a confident, self-assured woman.
- alphonse — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “ready.”.
- alphonso — a masculine name
- alphorns — Plural form of alphorn.
- alphosis — absence of skin pigmentation, as in albinism
- alrighty — Lb informal Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- altamaha — a river in SE Georgia, formed by the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers and flowing to the Atlantic Ocean. 137 miles (220 km) long.
- althorns — Plural form of althorn.
- although — You use although to introduce a subordinate clause which contains a statement which contrasts with the statement in the main clause.
- amalthea — a nymph who brought up the infant Zeus on goats' milk
- amphoral — relating to or resembling an amphora
- anaglyph — a stereoscopic picture consisting of two images of the same object, taken from slightly different angles, in two complementary colours, usually red and cyan (green-blue). When viewed through spectacles having one red and one cyan lens, the images merge to produce a stereoscopic sensation
- anarchal — having no government; anarchic
- anethole — a white water-soluble crystalline substance with a liquorice-like odour, used as a flavouring and a sensitizer in the processing of colour photographs. Formula: CH3CH:CHC6H4OCH3
- anhedral — the downward inclination of an aircraft wing in relation to the lateral axis
- ant hill — a mound of soil, leaves, etc, near the entrance of an ants' nest, carried and deposited there by the ants while constructing the nest
- antehall — a room or hall serving as a waiting room and entrance to a larger hall.
- anthelix — a prominent curved fold of cartilage just inside the outer rim of the external ear
- anthills — Plural form of anthill.
- aphelion — the point in its orbit when a planet or comet is at its greatest distance from the sun
- apholate — a chemical used in pesticides which inhibits an organism's reproduction
- archaeal — relating to or involving the order Archaea
- archival — Archival means belonging or relating to archives.
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- arclight — A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- arrhizal — having no roots
- arsehole — If one person calls another person an arsehole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- ash fall — a rain of airborne ash resulting from a volcanic eruption.
- ash flow — an avalanche of volcanic ash.
- ashkelon — Ashqelon
- ashplant — a walking stick made from an ash sapling
- ashqelon — city in SW Israel, on the Mediterranean: nearby is the site of an ancient city-state (often sp. Ashkelon) of the Philistines, 12th cent. b.c. (cf. I Sam. 6:17; Jer. 25:20): pop. 57,000
- asphodel — any of various S European liliaceous plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, having clusters of white or yellow flowers
- assholes — Plural form of asshole.
- athaliah — a daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and usurper of the throne of Judah, reigned 842–837 b.c. II Kings 11:1–3.
- atheldom — (rare) The state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.
- atheling — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a prince of any of the royal dynasties
- athermal — (physics) Describing any process that does not involve either heat or a change in temperature.
- athletes — Plural form of athlete.
- athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
- audhumla — a cow, owned by Ymir and born like him from drops of the melting primeval ice: its licking of a mass of salty ice exposed the first god, Buri.
- availeth — Archaic third-person singular form of avail.
- b school — business school.
- b-school — a business school or business college
- baalshem — a person who works miracles by calling upon the name of God, especially one of the German and Polish Jews of the 16th–19th centuries considered to be saintly and to possess magical powers.
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- backhaul — a return load of cargo; cargo which is carried by a vehicle on its return journey