9-letter words containing a, n, t, h
- 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.
- hat stand — tall structure to hang hats on
- hatchings — Plural form of hatching.
- hatchling — a young bird, reptile, or fish recently emerged from an egg.
- hatchment — a square tablet, set diagonally, bearing the coat of arms of a deceased person.
- hatinator — a small decorative hat, worn on social occasions
- hauntings — Plural form of haunting.
- hauptmann — Gerhart [ger-hahrt] /ˈgɛr hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1862–1946, German dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel Prize 1912.
- haut-rhin — a department in NE France. 1354 sq. mi. (3505 sq. km). Capital: Colmar.
- 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.
- 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.
- hifalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highstand — (geology) An interval during which the sea level was above the edge of a continental shelf.
- himations — Plural form of himation.