9-letter words containing h, a, m, i
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hamiltons — Plural form of hamilton.
- hammering — The sound or action of hammering something.
- hamminess — The state of being hammy.
- hammurabi — 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.
- 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).
- hamstring — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- handmaids — Plural form of handmaid.
- hang time — the length of time that a football remains in the air after being kicked.
- haramzadi — a female born of unmarried parents
- 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
- harmdoing — the doing of harm
- harmonica — Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonist — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonium — an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet.
- 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.
- hassidism — the principles and practices of the Hasidim.
- hate mail — letters, telegrams, etc., that express prejudice or disagreement in abusive or threatening terms.
- haymaking — The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
- 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.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hemogenia — pseudohemophilia.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
- hierogram — a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like.
- high beam — an automobile headlight beam providing bright, long-range illumination of a darkened road and chiefly for use in driving in nonurban areas.