9-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- graduator — One who determines or indicates graduation.
- grandaunt — an aunt of one's father or mother; great-aunt.
- grandgent — Charles Hall, 1862–1939, U.S. philologist and essayist.
- granitoid — resembling or having the texture of granite.
- graphited — Modified by the addition of graphite.
- gratified — Obsolete. to reward; remunerate.
- gratineed — to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- gratitude — the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful: He expressed his gratitude to everyone on the staff.
- gravidity — pregnant1 (def 1).
- great dog — the constellation Canis Major.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- handcarts — Plural form of handcart.
- handcraft — handicraft.
- handprint — an impression or mark made with the palm and fingers on a surface.
- handsturn — an amount of work or the period of time spent doing a piece of work
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.
- handwrote — to write (something) by hand.
- hard boot — (operating system) A boot which resets the entire system. The phrase has connations of hostility toward, or frustration with, the computer being booted. For example, "I'll have to hard boot this losing Sun", or "I recommend booting it hard". Hard boots are often performed with a power cycle. Contrast soft boot. See also cold boot and reboot
- hard left — You use hard left to describe those members of a left wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- hard tack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hard tick — any tick of the family Ixodidae, characterized by a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head.
- hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- hardcourt — relating to a type of tennis court that is made of hard material
- hardiment — hardihood.
- hardparts — the skeleton
- hardstand — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- 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.
- head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- 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.
- headstart — Alternative spelling of head start.
- headwater — A tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source.
- heartedly — having a specified kind of heart (now used only in combination): hardhearted; sad-hearted.
- heartened — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- heartland — the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
- heartseed — (botany) Any plant of the species of Cardiospermum, climbing plants with round seeds marked with a spot like a heart.
- heartwood — the hard central wood of the trunk of an exogenous tree; duramen.
- heathbird — the black grouse
- hederated — honoured with a crown of ivy
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- hydranths — Plural form of hydranth.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hydrating — Present participle of hydrate.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.