9-letter words containing d, r, e, a
- harnessed — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harpooned — Simple past tense and past participle of harpoon.
- harrassed — Simple past tense and past participle of harrass.
- harshened — Simple past tense and past participle of harshen.
- harumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of harumph.
- harvested — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hate read — to read (a blog, newspaper, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.
- hate-read — to read (a blog, newspaper, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.
- haverford — a township in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
- headboard — a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.
- headchair — a chair with a support for the head
- headdress — a covering or decoration for the head: a tribal headdress of feathers.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headframe — a structure supporting the hoisting sheaves at the top of a mine shaft.
- headguard — a padded helmet worn to protect the head in contact sports such as rugby and boxing
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- headreach — the distance made to windward while tacking
- headrests — Plural form of headrest.
- headright — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- headstart — Alternative spelling of head start.
- headwards — backwards beyond the original source
- headwater — A tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- hearkened — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- heartedly — having a specified kind of heart (now used only in combination): hardhearted; sad-hearted.
- heartened — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- heartland — the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
- heartseed — (botany) Any plant of the species of Cardiospermum, climbing plants with round seeds marked with a spot like a heart.
- heartwood — the hard central wood of the trunk of an exogenous tree; duramen.
- heathbird — the black grouse
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hederated — honoured with a crown of ivy
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- hellwards — towards hell
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- hermandad — an informal police force in Spain
- hernandez — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Argentine poet.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hexahedra — plural of hexahedron: solid figure with six plane faces
- heyerdahl — Thor [too r] /tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1914–2002, Norwegian ethnologist and author.
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.