9-letter words containing a, n, o, t, h
- harmonist — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- hartshorn — the antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia.
- hatinator — a small decorative hat, worn on social occasions
- have-nots — people who are very poor
- hawthorne — Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
- hawthorny — resembling or characterized by hawthorns
- haycation — A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
- head tone — (in singing) a vocal tone so produced as to bring the cavities of the nose and head into sympathetic vibration.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- headnotes — Plural form of headnote.
- headstone — a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
- heat-moon — William Least [leest] /list/ (Show IPA), (William Trogden) born 1939, U.S. writer.
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- heptanone — any of three isomeric ketones, C 11 H 14 O, derived from heptane.
- hexathlon — an athletic contest consisting of six different events
- himations — Plural form of himation.
- historian — an expert in history; authority on history.
- hoarstone — A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark.
- hoatching — infested; swarming
- hog latin — pig Latin.
- homestand — (baseball) A series of games played at a team's home field.
- honey ant — any of several ants, especially of the genus Myrmecocystus, that feed on honeydew or nectar and store the excess juices in the bodies of certain worker ants.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- hopatcong — a town in N New Jersey.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- hortation — The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hostaging — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hot pants — (used with a plural verb) very brief and usually tight-fitting shorts for women and girls, first popularized in the early 1970s.
- houstonia — any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
- hu jintao — born 1942, Chinese Communist statesman; president of China (2003–2013)
- hydantoin — a colorless, needlelike, crystalline compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 O 2 , used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical substances and resins.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydronaut — a person trained to work in deep-sea vessels for research and rescue purposes.
- hyponasty — increased growth along the lower surface of a plant or plant part, causing it to bend upward.
- hypotonia — An abnormal loss of muscle tone.
- inhabitor — One who inhabits.
- inhalator — an apparatus designed to mix carbon dioxide and oxygen, especially for use in artificial respiration.
- isanthous — having regular flowers.
- johnboats — Plural form of johnboat.
- kantharos — a deep bowl set upon a stem terminating in a foot and having two handles rising from the brim and curving downward to join the body.
- lanthorns — Plural form of lanthorn.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.