7-letter words containing a, h, i, r
- harding — Chester, 1792–1866, U.S. portrait painter.
- hardish — Somewhat hard.
- harelip — Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- hariana — a state in NW India, formed in 1966 from the S part of Punjab. 17,074 sq. mi. (44,222 sq. km). Capital: (shared with Punjab) Chandigarh.
- haricot — a stew of lamb or mutton with turnips and potatoes.
- harijan — untouchable (def 5).
- harissa — a pungent paste or sauce made with chilies, garlic, cumin, caraway, coriander, paprika, and olive oil, used as a condiment and flavoring in North African and Middle Eastern cookery.
- harking — to listen attentively; hearken.
- harkins — William Draper, 1873–1951, U.S. chemist.
- harling — Present participle of harl.
- harmine — an alkaloid drug, C13H12N2O, present in ayahuasca and used in medicine as a stimulant
- harming — Present participle of harm.
- harpies — Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- harping — a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- harpist — a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- harried — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- harrier — one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.
- harries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harry.
- harriet — a female given name, form of Harry.
- harwich — a port in SE England, in NE Essex on the North Sea. Pop: 20 130 (2001)
- hastier — Comparative form of hasty.
- haulier — hauler.
- havarti — a semisoft Danish cheese made of cow's milk.
- haverim — friend; comrade; companion.
- haviour — (obsolete) Demeanour, behaviour, comportment.
- havirov — an industrial town in E Czech Republic.
- hayrick — Chiefly Midland U.S. rick1 (def 1).
- hayride — A ride taken for pleasure in a wagon carrying hay.
- haywire — wire used to bind bales of hay.
- headier — intoxicating: a heady wine.
- headrig — (in a sawmill) the carriage and saw used in cutting a log into slabs.
- hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
- heavier — Comparative form of heavy.
- hebraic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Hebrews, their language, or their culture.
- hegiras — Plural form of hegira.
- heparin — Biochemistry. a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
- heredia — José María de [Spanish haw-se mah-ree-ah th e] /Spanish hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1905, French poet, born in Cuba.
- herisau — a demicanton in NE Switzerland: Protestant. 94 sq. mi. (245 sq. km). Capital: Herisau.
- hernial — the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- hernias — Plural form of hernia.
- hetaira — hetaera.
- hilarus — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hillary — Sir Edmund P. 1919–2008, New Zealand mountain climber who scaled Mt. Everest 1953.
- hirable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hoarier — Comparative form of hoary.
- hoarily — In a hoary manner.
- honiara — (used with a plural verb) an archipelago in the W Pacific Ocean, E of New Guinea; important World War II battles; politically divided between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
- horatio — a male given name.
- hot air — empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing: His report on the company's progress was just so much hot air.
- hryvnia — The currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.