9-letter words containing a, n, d, e
- hat dance — a Mexican folk dance in which the man places his sombrero on the ground as an offer of love and the woman dances on the hat's brim and then places the hat on her head to indicate her acceptance of him.
- have done — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- head tone — (in singing) a vocal tone so produced as to bring the cavities of the nose and head into sympathetic vibration.
- head wind — wind blowing head-on
- headbands — Plural form of headband.
- headcanon — (fandom slang) Elements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an individual fan, but not found within or supported by the official canon.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- headiness — intoxicating: a heady wine.
- headlands — Plural form of headland.
- headlined — Simple past tense and past participle of headline.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- headlines — Plural form of headline.
- headnotes — Plural form of headnote.
- headphone — Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.
- headstand — an act or instance of supporting the body in a vertical position by balancing on the head usually with the aid of the hands.
- headstone — a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- hearkened — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- 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.
- heathland — An extensive area of heath.
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hedyphane — a white or yellow mineral with elongated crystals similar to mimetite, chiefly found in Sweden
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- hendiadys — a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”.
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- hermandad — an informal police force in Spain
- hernandez — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Argentine poet.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- hindafell — Hindfell.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hoarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of hoarsen.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- homestand — (baseball) A series of games played at a team's home field.
- hornyhead — species of fish
- humanised — Simple past tense and past participle of humanise.
- humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- hundredal — Of or pertaining to a hundred (administrative unit).
- husbanded — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- husbander — A person who husbands resources.
- hydramine — an amine derived from a glycol in which one hydroxyl is replaced by an amino group.
- hydrangea — any shrub belonging to the genus Hydrangea, of the saxifrage family, several species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flower clusters of white, pink, or blue.
- hydrazine — Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N 2 H 4 , that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .