9-letter words containing a, t, r, m
- half term — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- half-term — Half-term is a short holiday in the middle of a school term.
- hamartoma — (pathology) A benign mass of disorganized tissue.
- hamfatter — a second-rate or ineffectual actor
- hammertoe — a clawlike deformity of a toe, usually the second or third, in which there is a permanent flexion of the second and third joints.
- hamstring — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- hamstrung — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- hamtramck — a city in SE Michigan, completely surrounded by the city of Detroit.
- hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- harlemite — a native or inhabitant of Harlem.
- harmattan — (on the west coast of Africa) a dry, parching land breeze, charged with dust.
- harmonist — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmotome — a zeolite mineral related to stilbite, occurring in twinned crystals.
- haymarket — a famous London market 1644–1830.
- hazemeter — transmissometer.
- heart cam — Machinery. a cam with a single lobe having the general shape of a heart.
- heartsome — giving cheer, spirit, or courage: a heartsome wine.
- heartworm — a parasitic nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, transmitted by mosquito and invading the heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs, wolves, and foxes throughout its range in tropical, subtropical and, more recently, temperate regions around the world.
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hektogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hematuria — the presence of blood in the urine.
- hemelytra — one of the forewings of a true bug, having a hard, thick basal portion and a thinner, membranous apex.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- hermatype — reef-building coral.
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hexameter — a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
- himyarite — one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homograft — allograft.
- horsemeat — The flesh of a horse as food.
- hypermart — a very large, discount supermarket with a maximum range of products including groceries, apparel and general household goods
- imbricate — overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
- imitators — Plural form of imitator.
- immatured — Not having matured.
- immigrant — a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
- immigrate — to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
- immolator — One who offers in sacrifice.
- immortals — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- impartial — not partial or biased; fair; just: an impartial judge.
- imparting — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- impetrate — to obtain by entreaty.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.