9-letter words containing d, i, h, u
- hidebound — narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
- hideously — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hierodule — a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- hindenbug — (humour) A catastrophic, data-destroying bug, after the 1937 Hindenburg airship disaster.
- hindustan — Persian name of India, especially the part N of the Deccan.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hirundine — of, relating to, or resembling the swallow.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- hit squad — a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure.
- houndfish — Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
- housemaid — a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
- humanised — Simple past tense and past participle of humanise.
- humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humankind — human beings collectively; the human race.
- humanoids — Plural form of humanoid.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- humidness — Humidity.
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- hybridous — of or relating to a hybrid
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydronium — (inorganic chemistry) the hydrated hydrogen ion, H3O+.
- ibn rushd — Arabic name of Averroës.
- ibn-rushd — Averroës
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- judgeship — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- juicehead — a heavy drinker of alcoholic liquor.
- kuchipudi — a form of S Indian classical dancing
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- lustihead — lustiness
- lustihood — lustiness; vigor.
- mahmud ii — 1785–1839, sultan of Turkey 1809–39.
- methodius — Saint (Apostle of the Slavs) a.d. c825–885, Greek missionary in Moravia (brother of Saint Cyril).
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- mujahedin — Alt form mujahideen.
- mujahidin — Alternative form of mujahideen; Plural form of mujahid.
- multihued — having the hue or color as specified (usually used in combination): many-hued; golden-hued.
- nourished — Simple past tense and past participle of nourish.
- ophiuroid — any echinoderm of the subclass Ophiuroidea, including brittle stars, basket stars, and others, characterized by elongate arms radiating from the disk.
- outshined — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- physiqued — having a particular physique
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- quidditch — Alternative form of Quidditch.
- rhipidium — a fan-shaped arrangement of flowers on a plant
- schaudinn — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1871–1906, German zoologist.
- sgian-dhu — a dirk carried in the stocking by Highlanders
- shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
- siddhuism — any contrived metaphor or simile