9-letter words containing a, n, h, e, l
- hand lens — a magnifying glass designed to be held in the hand.
- hand-held — held in the hand or hands: a handheld torch.
- handbells — Plural form of handbell.
- handhelds — Plural form of handheld.
- handlebar — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- handseled — Simple past tense and past participle of handsel.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- handwheel — a wheel, as a valve wheel, turned by hand.
- 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-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- hardliner — Alternative spelling of hard-liner.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- harlequin — (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
- harlingen — a city in S Texas.
- harmaline — a chemical derived from the harmala plant, used as a hallucinogen or used in conjunction with other hallucinogens
- hazelnuts — Plural form of hazelnut.
- 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.
- healingly — in a healing manner, intended to heal
- 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.
- heartling — a term of endearment, little heart
- heathland — An extensive area of heath.
- 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).
- heliconia — any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles
- heliozoan — a protozoan of the order Heliozoa, having a spherical body and radiating pseudopods.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- helvetian — of or relating to Helvetia or the Helvetii.
- heraklion — Iraklion
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- hexathlon — an athletic contest consisting of six different events
- hillerman — Tony, 1925–2008, U.S. novelist and anthropologist.
- hindafell — Hindfell.
- hitlerian — of or relating to Adolf Hitler or his regime
- 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.
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- humanlike — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- hundredal — Of or pertaining to a hundred (administrative unit).
- hyalinize — to become hyaline.
- hyalonema — a species of sponge with a long stem made up of long, twisted glass-like fibres
- hyenalike — Resembling a hyena or some aspect of one.
- hymeneals — (plurale tantum) Nuptials.