9-letter words containing h, a, b, e, r
- harquebus — any of several small-caliber long guns operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
- headboard — a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.
- heartbeat — a pulsation of the heart, including one complete systole and diastole.
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
- 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).
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- herbivora — grass-eating animals collectively
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- heritable — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- heritably — In a heritable manner.
- hibernate — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or its inhabitants; Irish.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- hornbeams — Plural form of hornbeam.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- husbander — A person who husbands resources.
- hybernate — Obsolete spelling of hibernate.
- hyderabad — a state in SE India, formed from portions of Chennai and Hyderabad states 1956. 105,963 sq. mi. (274,444 sq. km). Capital: Hyderabad.
- hyperbase — (database) An experimental active multi-user database for hypertext systems from the University of Aalborg, written in C++. It is built on the client-server model enabling distributed, concurrent, and shared access from workstations in a local area network. See also EHTS.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- inbreathe — to breathe in; inhale.
- inhabiter — inhabitant.
- job share — If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
- job-share — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- laberinth — (obsolete) labyrinth.
- laberynth — Obsolete spelling of labyrinth.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- reachable — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- sagebrush — any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. tridentata, having silvery, wedge-shaped leaves, with three teeth at the tip, common on the dry plains of the western U.S.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- shadberry — the fruit of a shadbush.
- shellbark — the shagbark tree.
- shewbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
- showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- subchaser — submarine chaser.
- subhedral — (of mineral grains comprising igneous rocks) having a partial or incomplete crystal face or form.
- tabasheer — dried bamboo sap, used medicinally in the Far East