9-letter words containing g, a, d, h
- head gate — a control gate at the upstream end of a canal or lock.
- 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.
- headguard — a padded helmet worn to protect the head in contact sports such as rugby and boxing
- headlight — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- 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.
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- high road — A high road is a main road.
- highdaddy — a highboy having no drawers in the supporting frame.
- highlands — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- highstand — (geology) An interval during which the sea level was above the edge of a continental shelf.
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.
- hodograph — the figure described by the extremity of a vector that has a fixed origin and a position vector equal to the velocity of a moving particle.
- hogsheads — Plural form of hogshead.
- 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.
- hydrating — Present participle of hydrate.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- jaghirdar — a person who holds a jaghire
- megadeath — a unit of one million deaths: used in estimating or predicting the fatalities that would occur in a nuclear war.
- 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.
- 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
- nightward — heading towards night, heading westwards
- ondograph — an instrument for graphically recording oscillatory variations, as in alternating currents.
- pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
- phagedena — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phalangid — an arachnid that belongs to the family Phalangidae
- pied shag — a large New Zealand seabird, Phalacrocorax varius, with a white throat and underparts
- pigheaded — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- rightward — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- sgian-dhu — a dirk carried in the stocking by Highlanders
- shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- stagehand — a person who moves properties, regulates lighting, etc., in a theatrical production.
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- thank god — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
- threading — twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing.
- unchanged — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- uncharged — not charged, especially with electricity; electrically neutral: an uncharged battery; an uncharged particle.
- updraught — an upward movement of air or other gas