9-letter words containing a, t, h, o, d
- headcloth — any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- headnotes — Plural form of headnote.
- headshots — Plural form of headshot.
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- headstone — a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
- heartwood — the hard central wood of the trunk of an exogenous tree; duramen.
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- homestand — (baseball) A series of games played at a team's home field.
- homestead — a town in S Florida.
- hotheaded — hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
- hydantoin — a colorless, needlelike, crystalline compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 O 2 , used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical substances and resins.
- hydathode — a specialized leaf structure through which water is exuded.
- 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.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- 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.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- matchwood — wood suitable for match.
- methadone — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- northland — the land or region in the north.
- northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- oathbound — Bound by an oath.
- octachord — any musical instrument with eight strings.
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- outhandle — to handle or operate in a superior way to: That car outhandles all others in its class.
- pholidota — the order comprising the pangolins.
- photocard — A photocard is a card with a person's photograph on it, which they can use to prove who they are.
- podotheca — the horny integument covering unfeathered portions of the legs and toes of most birds.
- radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
- rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
- sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
- short-day — requiring a short photoperiod.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- southland — a southern area.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- statehood — the status or condition of being a state, especially a state of the U.S.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- tabbyhood — spinsterhood
- take hold — become established
- thanatoid — resembling or like death
- thanehood — the character or standing of a thane
- thank god — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.