9-letter words containing h, a, e, m, i
- emphasize — Give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing.
- emphatics — Plural form of emphatic.
- epiphragm — A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
- epirrhema — the address in Greek comedy
- ethmoidal — Ethmoid.
- fish meal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fisherman — a person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- game fish — an edible fish capable of affording sport to the angler in its capture.
- gilgamesh — a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.
- gladsheim — the golden palace of Odin, of which Valhalla was a part.
- gothamite — a journalistic nickname for New York City.
- grahamite — an asphaltite with a pitch-black luster.
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- haematein — a dark purple water-insoluble crystalline substance obtained from logwood and used as an indicator and biological stain. Formula: C16H12O6
- haematite — (chiefly UK) alternative spelling of hematite.
- haematoid — resembling blood
- half dime — a silver coin of the U.S., equal to five cents, issued 1794–1805 and 1829–73.
- half-mile — a half of a mile (0.8 kilometer).
- half-time — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- hamamelis — (botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hammering — The sound or action of hammering something.
- hamminess — The state of being hammy.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hang time — the length of time that a football remains in the air after being kicked.
- hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- harlemite — a native or inhabitant of Harlem.
- harmaline — a chemical derived from the harmala plant, used as a hallucinogen or used in conjunction with other hallucinogens
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonize — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- hashemite — (mineral) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chromium, oxygen, and sulfur.
- hashimite — a member of any Arab dynasty in the Middle East founded by Husein ibn-Ali or his descendants.
- hate mail — letters, telegrams, etc., that express prejudice or disagreement in abusive or threatening terms.
- head mike — a microphone worn on one's head.
- healthism — The use of propaganda and coercion (as by government or advertising) to impose established norms of health.
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- hematinic — a medicine, as a compound of iron, that tends to increase the amount of hematin or hemoglobin in the blood.
- hematitic — Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
- hematosis — hematopoiesis.
- hematuria — the presence of blood in the urine.
- hemi-head — a cylinder head having hemispherical combustion chambers.
- hemialgia — pain or neuralgia involving only one side of the body or head.
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.