9-letter words containing h, a, r, k
- hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
- hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
- hackerish — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- halftrack — an army truck, armored vehicle, etc. with tractor treads in the rear, but with a pair of wheels in front
- hallmarks — Plural form of hallmark.
- hammerkop — A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the Scopidae family and related to the herons.
- hamtramck — a city in SE Michigan, completely surrounded by the city of Detroit.
- handbrake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- handiwork — work done by hand.
- handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
- hankerers — Plural form of hankerer.
- hankering — a longing; craving.
- hara-kiri — Also called seppuku. ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practiced in Japan by members of the warrior class when disgraced or sentenced to death.
- hard disk — magnetic disk (def 1).
- hard link — (file system) One of several directory entries which refer to the same Unix file. A hard link is created with the "ln" (link) command: ln
where and are pathnames within the same file system. Hard links to the same file are indistinguishable from each other except that they have different pathnames. They all refer to the same inode and the inode contains all the information about a file. The standard ln command does not usually allow you to create a hard link to a directory, chiefly because the standard rm and rmdir commands do not allow you to delete such a link. Some systems provide link and unlink commands which give direct access to the system calls of the same name, for which no such restrictions apply. Normally all hard links to a file must be in the same file system because a directory entry just relates a pathname to an inode within the same file system. The only exception is a mount point. The restrictions on hard links to directories and between file systems are very common but are not mandated by POSIX. Symbolic links are often used instead of hard links because they do not suffer from these restrictions. The space associated with a file is not freed until all the hard links to the file are deleted. This explains why the system call to delete a file is called "unlink". - hard luck — If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
- hard neck — audacity; nerve
- hard rock — heavy form of popular music
- hard tack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hard tick — any tick of the family Ixodidae, characterized by a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head.
- hard-rock — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hardhacks — Plural form of hardhack.
- hari-kari — hara-kiri.
- hark back — to listen attentively; hearken.
- harkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- harpylike — resembling a harpy
- hash mark — Informal. a service stripe. the symbol #.
- hat trick — Cricket. the knocking off by one bowler of three wickets with three successive pitches: so called because formerly such a bowler was rewarded with a hat.
- hat-trick — Cricket. the knocking off by one bowler of three wickets with three successive pitches: so called because formerly such a bowler was rewarded with a hat.
- haversack — a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
- hawksmoor — Nicholas, 1661–1736, English architect.
- haymakers — Plural form of haymaker.
- haymarket — a famous London market 1644–1830.
- hearkened — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- hearkener — One who hearkens; a listener.
- heartikin — a term of endearment: 'little heart'
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- heartsink — a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat
- hektogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- heraklion — Iraklion
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hiratsuka — a city in central Honshu, Japan, near Yokohama.
- hissarlik — the modern name of the site of ancient Troy.
- homemaker — a person who manages the household of his or her own family, especially as a principal occupation.
- horiatiki — a traditional Greek salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, onion, olives, and feta cheese
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- horserake — A rake drawn by a horse.