9-letter words containing a, h, n, d, s
- handbills — Plural form of handbill.
- handbooks — Plural form of handbook.
- handcarts — Plural form of handcart.
- handclaps — Plural form of handclap.
- handclasp — a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- handcuffs — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- handhelds — Plural form of handheld.
- handholds — Plural form of handhold.
- handicaps — Plural form of handicap.
- handiness — within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are handy.
- handlooms — Plural form of handloom.
- handmaids — Plural form of handmaid.
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- handpress — a printing press that is manipulated by hand
- handrails — Plural form of handrail.
- hands off — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hands-off — characterized by nonintervention or noninterference: the new hands-off foreign policy.
- handseled — Simple past tense and past participle of handsel.
- handsfree — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- handshake — handshaking
- handshape — (in sign language) the held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular sign.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handsomes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsome.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- handstaff — a small spear
- handstamp — an implement for stamping an impression
- handstand — an act or instance of supporting the body in a vertical position by balancing on the palms of the hands.
- handsturn — an amount of work or the period of time spent doing a piece of work
- hard lens — a contact lens of rigid plastic or silicon, exerting light pressure on the cornea of the eye, used for correcting various vision problems including astigmatism.
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hard sign — the Cyrillic letter Ъ, ъ as used in Russian to indicate that the preceding consonant is not palatalized: not in official use since 1918.
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- hardeners — Plural form of hardener.
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- 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.
- harnessed — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harridans — Plural form of harridan.
- harshened — Simple past tense and past participle of harshen.
- hat stand — tall structure to hang hats on
- headbands — Plural form of headband.
- headiness — intoxicating: a heady wine.
- headlands — Plural form of headland.
- headlines — Plural form of headline.
- headnotes — Plural form of headnote.