9-letter words containing a, n, e, c
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- hanseatic — of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it.
- hard neck — audacity; nerve
- 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.
- hatchment — a square tablet, set diagonally, bearing the coat of arms of a deceased person.
- 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.
- heliconia — any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles
- hematinic — a medicine, as a compound of iron, that tends to increase the amount of hematin or hemoglobin in the blood.
- henrician — of or having to do with the reign, policies, etc. of any king named Henry, esp. Henry VIII of England
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- heritance — inheritance.
- hesitance — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hexacanth — (zoology) Having six larval hooks.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- humectant — a substance that absorbs or helps another substance retain moisture, as glycerol.
- hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- ice dance — any of a number of dances, mostly based on ballroom dancing, performed by a couple skating on ice
- ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- icelander — a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- icelandic — of or relating to Iceland, its inhabitants, or their language.
- identical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- imbalance — the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
- immanacle — to tie with fetters
- immanence — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- immanency — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- impeccant — Without sin; impeccable.
- impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- in camera — a judge's private office.
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- inbalance — Alternative spelling of imbalance.
- incapable — not capable.
- incarnate — embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form: a devil incarnate.
- incertain — Uncertain.
- incessant — continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
- inchanted — Simple past tense and past participle of inchant.
- incitable — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- inclimate — Misspelling of inclement.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- increaser — a person or thing that increases.
- increases — Plural form of increase.
- increated — Simple past tense and past participle of increate.
- incremate — (transitive) To cremate.