9-letter words containing a, d, h, e, r
- hard-case — rough and hard-bitten: hard-case juvenile delinquents.
- hard-core — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hard-edge — of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of abstract painting associated with the 1960s and marked chiefly by sharply outlined geometric or nongeometric forms.
- hard-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hard-sell — characterized by or promoted through a hard sell: hard-sell tactics.
- hardanger — embroidery openwork having elaborate symmetrical designs created by blocks of satin stitches within which threads of the embroidery fabric are removed.
- hardcover — a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
- harddrive — Alternative form of hard drive.
- harden up — to tighten the sheets of a sailing vessel so as to prevent luffing
- hardeners — Plural form of hardener.
- hardening — a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- hardheads — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardliner — Alternative spelling of hard-liner.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- hardwired — Computers. built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed. (of a terminal) connected to a computer by a direct circuit rather than through a switching network.
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- harnessed — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harpooned — Simple past tense and past participle of harpoon.
- harrassed — Simple past tense and past participle of harrass.
- harshened — Simple past tense and past participle of harshen.
- harumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of harumph.
- harvested — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hate read — to read (a blog, newspaper, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.
- hate-read — to read (a blog, newspaper, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.
- haverford — a township in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
- headboard — a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.
- headchair — a chair with a support for the head
- headdress — a covering or decoration for the head: a tribal headdress of feathers.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headframe — a structure supporting the hoisting sheaves at the top of a mine shaft.
- headguard — a padded helmet worn to protect the head in contact sports such as rugby and boxing
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- headreach — the distance made to windward while tacking
- headrests — Plural form of headrest.
- headright — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- headstart — Alternative spelling of head start.
- headwards — backwards beyond the original source
- headwater — A tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.