9-letter words containing a, s, h, i, e
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headiness — intoxicating: a heady wine.
- headlines — Plural form of headline.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- headsails — Plural form of headsail.
- headships — Plural form of headship.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- healthism — The use of propaganda and coercion (as by government or advertising) to impose established norms of health.
- heartiest — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- 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.
- heathiest — Superlative form of heathy.
- heaviness — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- heaviside — Oliver, 1850–1925, English physicist.
- heliostat — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- hematosis — hematopoiesis.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hendiadys — a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”.
- hepaticas — Plural form of hepatica.
- hepatitis — inflammation of the liver, caused by a virus or a toxin and characterized by jaundice, liver enlargement, and fever.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- heritages — Plural form of heritage.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- hesitance — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitated — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hesitater — One who hesitates.
- hesitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hesitate.
- hesitator — Alternative spelling of hesitater.
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hexabasic — containing six hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced or ionized: a hexabasic acid.
- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- hideaways — Plural form of hideaway.
- hierarchs — Plural form of hierarch.
- high seas — the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a country.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hillsdale — a town in NE New Jersey.
- 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.
- hoariness — The characteristic of being hoary.
- hobbesian — a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
- horsehair — a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.