9-letter words containing h, a, i, d
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- bigheaded — Informal. an excessive estimate of one's importance; conceit.
- biohazard — material of biological origin that is hazardous to humans
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- birthdate — Your birthdate is the same as your date of birth.
- body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cantharid — any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous
- cashiered — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- cathartid — (zoology) Any member of the Cathartidae.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chair bed — a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
- chairdays — old age, or the point in life when resting in a chair is the most comfortable way of passing time
- chairlady — chairwoman.
- chairside — Relating to activities that happen next to the dental chair during treatment.
- chaminade — Cécile Louise Stéphanie [sey-seel lweez stey-fa-nee] /seɪˈsil lwiz steɪ faˈni/ (Show IPA), 1857–1944, French pianist and composer.
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chastised — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chastized — Simple past tense and past participle of chastize.
- cheapside — street and district of London; in the Middle Ages it was a marketplace
- chickadee — A chickadee is a small North American bird with gray and black feathers.
- childcare — Childcare refers to looking after children, and to the facilities which help parents to do so.
- chillaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of chillax.
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chipheads — Plural form of chiphead.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- chromidia — chromatins in cell cytoplasm
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- churidars — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- clackdish — a dish carried by a beggar
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- dabchicks — Plural form of dabchick.
- daisy ham — a boned and smoked piece of pork from the pig's shoulder
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- danthonia — any of various grasses of the genus Danthonia, of N temperate regions and South America
- dashingly — In a dashing manner.
- dashlight — a light illuminating the dashboard of an automobile, esp at night
- dawnlight — The light of dawn.
- day shift — a group of workers who work a shift during the daytime in an industry or occupation where a night shift or a back shift is also worked
- daylights — consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)