9-letter words containing a, r, c, h
- hachuring — Present participle of hachure.
- hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
- hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
- hackerish — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
- hagiarchy — hagiocracy.
- hair care — Hair care is all the things people do to keep their hair clean, healthy-looking, and attractive.
- hair cell — an epithelial cell having hairlike processes, as that of the organ of Corti.
- hair clip — clasp for securing hairstyle
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
- hairpiece — a toupee.
- half-acre — a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- halftrack — an army truck, armored vehicle, etc. with tractor treads in the rear, but with a pair of wheels in front
- hamtramck — a city in SE Michigan, completely surrounded by the city of Detroit.
- handcarry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- handcarts — Plural form of handcart.
- handcraft — handicraft.
- hard card — a card or device which fits into a computer's expansion slot, with the purpose of increasing memory, graphics capacity, etc
- hard case — a tough person not swayed by sentiment
- hard cash — actual money as distinguished from checks or credit.
- hard clam — a quahog.
- hard coal — anthracite.
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hard core — pornography: obscene
- hard luck — If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
- hard neck — audacity; nerve
- hard rock — heavy form of popular music
- hard tack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hard tick — any tick of the family Ixodidae, characterized by a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head.
- hard-case — rough and hard-bitten: hard-case juvenile delinquents.
- hard-core — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hard-rock — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hardcourt — relating to a type of tennis court that is made of hard material
- hardcover — a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
- hardhacks — Plural form of hardhack.
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- hark back — to listen attentively; hearken.
- harmonica — Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- harvest c — A C compiler, assembler and linker for the Macintosh by Eric W. Sink. The parts of the system are integrated in a single application, which manages a "project" composed by several C source files and resource files (which contain data). Version 1.3.
- hat trick — Cricket. the knocking off by one bowler of three wickets with three successive pitches: so called because formerly such a bowler was rewarded with a hat.
- hat-trick — Cricket. the knocking off by one bowler of three wickets with three successive pitches: so called because formerly such a bowler was rewarded with a hat.
- haversack — a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
- headchair — a chair with a support for the head
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.
- headreach — the distance made to windward while tacking
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- heart cam — Machinery. a cam with a single lobe having the general shape of a heart.