9-letter words containing h, a, r, e, l, i
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- heraklion — Iraklion
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- heritable — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- heritably — In a heritable manner.
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hillerman — Tony, 1925–2008, U.S. novelist and anthropologist.
- hitlerian — of or relating to Adolf Hitler or his regime
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hyder ali — 1722–82, Islamic prince and military leader of India: ruler of Mysore 1759–82.
- laberinth — (obsolete) labyrinth.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- lathering — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narguileh — hookah
- overhaile — to draw (a covering) over
- 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.
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- perihelia — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- philander — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- rachillae — Plural form of rachilla.
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- rheinland — Rhineland.
- rhineland — that part of Germany W of the Rhine.
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- sharklike — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
- shirralee — a load, pack, or bundle
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- the-trial — German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- theralite — a coarse-grained, phaneritic rock composed of labradorite, nepheline, and augite.
- theriacal — of or relating to a theriac, a mixture once thought to be an antidote to poison such as snake venom or treacle
- trailhead — the point where a trail starts.
- trihedral — having, or formed by, three planes meeting in a point: a trihedral angle.