9-letter words containing h, a, o, r, i
- hooraying — Present participle of hooray.
- horiatiki — a traditional Greek salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, onion, olives, and feta cheese
- horizonal — relating to the horizon
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- horsehair — a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortation — The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
- hortative — hortatory.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hyperopia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- inhabitor — One who inhabits.
- inhalator — an apparatus designed to mix carbon dioxide and oxygen, especially for use in artificial respiration.
- inharmony — Lack of harmony.
- iron hand — strict or harsh control: The general governed the country with an iron hand.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- lothair i — a.d. 795?–855, king of Germany 840–843; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 840–855 (son of Louis I).
- lotharios — Plural form of lothario.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- monarchic — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- narrowish — somewhat narrow
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
- orichalch — Alternative form of orichalcum.
- orphaning — Present participle of orphan.
- orpharion — (music) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are tuned like a lute's and plucked with the fingers.
- orthoaxis — the axis in a crystal
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- overhaile — to draw (a covering) over
- parathion — a deep-brown to yellow, poisonous liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 NO 5 PS, used as an insecticide.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- pariahdom — an outcast.
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.