8-letter words containing n, s, h, e
- harkness — Edward Stephan, 1874–1940, U.S. philanthropist.
- has-been — a person or thing that is no longer effective, successful, popular, etc.
- hasidean — Assidean.
- hastened — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- hastener — Agent noun of hasten; one who hastens.
- haunches — the hip.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- haziness — characterized by the presence of haze; misty: hazy weather.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headsman — a public executioner who beheads condemned persons.
- headsmen — Plural form of headsman.
- hearings — Plural form of hearing.
- hearkens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearken.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- heartens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearten.
- heathens — Plural form of heathen.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- heavings — Plural form of heaving.
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- hedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heisting — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- hellions — Plural form of hellion.
- helmsman — a person who steers a ship.
- helmsmen — Plural form of helmsman.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- helsinki — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- hemlines — Plural form of hemline.
- hemmings — Plural form of hemming.
- henbanes — Plural form of henbane.
- hencoops — Plural form of hencoop.
- henhouse — a shelter for poultry.
- henpecks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck.
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
- henslowe — Philip, died 1616, English theater manager.
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- herdsmen — Plural form of herdsman.
- hereness — The property of being here; existence, dasein.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- hernshaw — a heron.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.
- hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hessians — Plural form of Hessian.
- hex sign — any of various magical symbols of usually stylized design, as those painted on barns by the Pennsylvania Dutch for protection against evil spirits and now sometimes used for purely decorative purposes.
- hexagons — Plural form of hexagon.
- hexosans — Plural form of hexosan.