9-letter words containing a, n, t, h, e
- hang time — the length of time that a football remains in the air after being kicked.
- hanseatic — of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it.
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- happen to — chance to
- happeneth — Archaic third-person singular form of happen.
- haptonema — In haptophytes, a peg-like organelle attached near the flagella and unique to the group. May function in attachment, feeding, or avoidance responses.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- hastening — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- hastiness — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- 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.
- have-nots — people who are very poor
- hawthorne — Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- hazelnuts — Plural form of hazelnut.
- 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.
- 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.
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
- heartened — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- heartener — a person who cheers or heartens
- heartikin — a term of endearment: 'little heart'
- 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
- heartsink — a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat
- heat sink — Thermodynamics. any environment or medium that absorbs heat.
- heat-moon — William Least [leest] /list/ (Show IPA), (William Trogden) born 1939, U.S. writer.
- heath hen — an American gallinaceous bird, Tympanuchus cupido cupido, closely related to the prairie chicken: extinct.
- heathenry — The state of being heathen.
- heathland — An extensive area of heath.
- helvetian — of or relating to Helvetia or the Helvetii.
- hematinic — a medicine, as a compound of iron, that tends to increase the amount of hematin or hemoglobin in the blood.
- hen party — a party or gathering for women only.
- henrietta — a female given name, form of Henry.
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- heptanone — any of three isomeric ketones, C 11 H 14 O, derived from heptane.
- heritance — inheritance.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hesitance — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hetmanate — the authority, rule, or domain of a hetman.
- hexacanth — (zoology) Having six larval hooks.
- hexathlon — an athletic contest consisting of six different events
- hibernate — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- hitlerian — of or relating to Adolf Hitler or his regime