9-letter words containing e, d, g, h
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- high dive — the performance of a dive from a high board
- high tide — the tide at its highest level of elevation.
- high-bred — of superior breed.
- highlited — Misspelling of highlighted.
- highspeed — Alternative form of high-speed.
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hindenbug — (humour) A catastrophic, data-destroying bug, after the 1937 Hindenburg airship disaster.
- hindering — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hogsheads — Plural form of hogshead.
- hotdogger — One who hotdogs; a sporting show-off.
- humbugged — Simple past tense and past participle of humbug.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- hydrangea — any shrub belonging to the genus Hydrangea, of the saxifrage family, several species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flower clusters of white, pink, or blue.
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
- hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
- hygrodeik — A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- inlighted — Lit up or lighted; illuminated.
- inveighed — Simple past tense and past participle of inveigh.
- judgeship — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- lightened — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- lightered — Simple past tense and past participle of lighter.
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- megadeath — a unit of one million deaths: used in estimating or predicting the fatalities that would occur in a nuclear war.
- mossadegh — Mohammed, 1880–1967, Iranian statesman: premier 1951–53.
- naugahyde — a brand of synthetic leather made from vinyl-coated fabric
- negrohead — a type of low-quality India rubber
- nightside — Journalism. the night shift of a newspaper.
- nighttide — nighttime.
- overdight — covered up
- pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
- phagedena — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- pied shag — a large New Zealand seabird, Phalacrocorax varius, with a white throat and underparts
- pigheaded — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- red light — traffic light indicating stop
- red-light — Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light.
- resighted — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- rheingold — See The Ring of the Nibelung.
- roughened — made rough
- sheep-dog — a dog trained to herd and guard sheep.
- shielding — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shredding — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- sidelight — an item of incidental information.
- stagehand — a person who moves properties, regulates lighting, etc., in a theatrical production.
- the goods — sth obtained
- the lodge — the official Canberra residence of the Australian Prime Minister
- thoughted — having particular kinds of thoughts