9-letter words containing h, a, d, o
- dichromat — a person whose vision can only distinguish two colours
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- dish soap — a detergent added to dishwater in order to clean dishes
- dishallow — to profane; desecrate.
- dockhands — Plural form of dockhand.
- dog-cheap — very inexpensive.
- doghanged — hangdog.
- doomwatch — surveillance of the environment to warn of and prevent harm to it from human factors such as pollution or overpopulation
- dopeheads — Plural form of dopehead.
- douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- doughball — a small ball of bread dough, cooked in a stew, as an accompaniment to a meal, etc
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- drag shoe — a type of braking device on a vehicle
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- draghound — a hound for use in following a hunting drag, specifically bred for speed and stamina rather than subtlety of sense of smell.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
- drop arch — a pointed arch having radii of length less than the span.
- duathlons — Plural form of duathlon.
- dysphonia — any disturbance of normal vocal function.
- dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- earth-god — a god of fertility and vegetation.
- ecohazard — any substance or activity that poses a threat to a habitat or an environment: Off-the-road motorcycling is an ecohazard to fragile desert habitats.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- endophagy — cannibalism within the same group or tribe
- ethmoidal — Ethmoid.
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- fairyhood — a fairy nature or state: the fairyhood of Puck.
- falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- fashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of fashion.
- floorhead — the upper side of a floor timber on a boat or ship
- foodchain — Alternative spelling of food chain.
- foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- forehands — Plural form of forehand.
- foreheads — Plural form of forehead.
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- gawkihood — the state of being gawky
- gazehound — one of any of several breeds of hounds, as the Afghan, borzoi, greyhound, Saluki, or whippet, that hunts by sighting the game rather than by scent.
- gianthood — the condition of being a giant
- glochidia — glochid.
- goatherds — Plural form of goatherd.
- godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- good hair — hair showing evidence of some European strain in a person's blood
- grayhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- hacendado — the owner of a hacienda.
- hack mode — (jargon) Engaged in hacking. A Zen-like state of total focus on The Problem that may be achieved when one is hacking (this is why every good hacker is part mystic). Ability to enter such concentration at will correlates strongly with wizardliness; it is one of the most important skills learned during larval stage. Sometimes amplified as "deep hack mode". Being yanked out of hack mode (see priority interrupt) may be experienced as a physical shock, and the sensation of being in hack mode is more than a little habituating. The intensity of this experience is probably by itself sufficient explanation for the existence of hackers, and explains why many resist being promoted out of positions where they can code. See also cyberspace. Some aspects of hackish etiquette will appear quite odd to an observer unaware of the high value placed on hack mode. For example, if someone appears at your door, it is perfectly okay to hold up a hand (without turning one's eyes away from the screen) to avoid being interrupted. One may read, type, and interact with the computer for quite some time before further acknowledging the other's presence (of course, he or she is reciprocally free to leave without a word). The understanding is that you might be in hack mode with a lot of delicate state in your head, and you dare not swap that context out until you have reached a good point to pause. See also juggling eggs.
- hadrosaur — a bipedal dinosaur of the genus Hadrosaurus, belonging to the ornithopod family Hadrosauridae of the late Cretaceous Period, having broad, flat jaws for scooping up water plants.
- haematoid — resembling blood