9-letter words containing e, c, h, i
- halieutic — Of or pertaining to fishing.
- halocline — a well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- hanseatic — of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it.
- head lice — lice which lay eggs in human hair
- headchair — a chair with a support for the head
- headpiece — a piece of armor for the head; helmet.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- hecogenin — a steroid occurring naturally in plants and used in drugs including cortisone
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- heelpiece — Shoemaking. a piece of leather, wood, or other material serving as the heel of a shoe, boot, or the like. such a piece used in repairing a heel.
- hegemonic — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- helically — pertaining to or having the form of a helix; spiral.
- helicline — a curved ramp.
- helicoids — Plural form of helicoid.
- heliconia — any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles
- helictite — A speleothem found in limestone caves that changes its axis from the vertical at one or more stages during its growth.
- helidecks — Plural form of helideck.
- heliozoic — denoting or relating to a heliozoan
- helvetica — (text) One of the most widely used sans-serif typefaces, developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk, it was renamed Helvetica for the international market. Helvetica is very similar to the common Arial typeface. The name is Latin for Swiss.
- hematinic — a medicine, as a compound of iron, that tends to increase the amount of hematin or hemoglobin in the blood.
- hematitic — Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
- hemicycle — a semicircle.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hemistich — the exact or approximate half of a stich, or poetic verse or line, especially as divided by a caesura or the like.
- hemogenic — Of, or relating to the production of blood cells.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- hemotoxic — a toxin, as cobra venom, that causes a hemolytic reaction.
- hemstitch — to hem along a line from which threads have been drawn out, stitching the cross threads into a series of little groups.
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henrician — of or having to do with the reign, policies, etc. of any king named Henry, esp. Henry VIII of England
- hepaticas — Plural form of hepatica.
- hepatitic — Related to hepatitis and other liver diseases.
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herbicide — a substance or preparation for killing plants, especially weeds.
- herceptin — a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the protein that can fuel tumour growth, used in the treatment of breast cancer
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- hercynite — a black oxide mineral, FeAl 2 O 4 , of the spinel group.
- heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- heritance — inheritance.
- hermetics — alchemy
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- heroicize — heroize.
- hesitance — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- heterotic — Of or relating to heterosis (hybrid vigor).
- heuretics — the use of logic