9-letter words containing e, o, u
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- hopped up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
- hopped-up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
- hordeolum — sty2 .
- horehound — an Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, having downy leaves and small, whitish flowers, and containing a bitter, medicinal juice that is used as an expectorant, vermifuge, and laxative.
- hot issue — a hot issue is a shares issue which sells at more than the public offer price on the first day of trading
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- hothoused — (of a child) having undergone hothousing
- hothouses — Plural form of hothouse.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- house red — a red wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- house-sit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- houseboys — Plural form of houseboy.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- housefuls — Plural form of houseful.
- housegirl — A young woman employed to do housework.
- household — the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.
- housekeep — to keep or maintain a house.
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- houseleek — Also called old-man-and-old-woman. a succulent plant, Sempervivum tectorum, of the stonecrop family, native to Europe, having reddish flowers and leaves forming dense basal rosettes.
- houseless — without a house or houses.
- houseline — light cordage used for seizing.
- housemaid — a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
- housemate — a person with whom one shares a house or other residence.
- houseroom — lodging or accommodation in a house.
- houseshoe — (chiefly, Southern US) slippers, moccasins, and other warm footwear not appropriate for use outdoors.
- housetops — Plural form of housetop.
- houseware — Homeware.
- housewife — Sometimes Offensive. a married woman who manages her own household, especially as her principal occupation.
- housewive — (transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- huey long — Crawford Williamson [wil-yuh m-suh n] /ˈwɪl yəm sən/ (Show IPA), 1815–78, U.S. surgeon.
- hugeously — hugely
- huguenots — a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
- humoredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) American standard spelling of humouredly.
- humorless — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humorsome — Alternative form of humoursome.
- hung over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- huon pine — a coniferous tree, Dacrydium franklinii, of Tasmania, having very small cones and yielding timber.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hypogeous — underground; subterranean.
- i suppose — You can say 'I suppose' when you want to express slight uncertainty.
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- ice house — a building for storing ice.
- icehouses — Plural form of icehouse.
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- idealogue — One given to fanciful ideas or theories, someone who theorizes.