9-letter words containing h, a, r, u
- kumarahou — a shrub, Pomaderris kumeraho, found in the north of New Zealand's North Island, the flowers of which produce a soap-like lather when rubbed
- kurashiki — a city on SW Honshu, in Japan.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- lampbrush — (rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- macarthur — Douglas, 1880–1964, U.S. general: supreme commander of allied forces in SW Pacific during World War II and of UN forces in Korea 1950–51.
- man crush — an intense but non-sexual admiration felt by one man for another
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manhunter — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- marihuana — hemp (def 1).
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- mithraeum — a temple of Mithras.
- mouthpart — Usually, mouthparts. the appendages surrounding or associated with the mouth of arthropods.
- mush area — a region where signals from two or more radio transmitters overlap, causing fading and distortion
- mushairas — Plural form of mushaira.
- musharraf — Pervez (ˈpɛrveɪz). born 1943, Pakistani general and politician; became military leader of Pakistan following a coup in 2001; president (2001–08)
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- narguileh — hookah
- naughtier — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- nonauthor — a person who is not an author
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
- pass rush — an attempt by the defense to prevent the quarterback from throwing successfully to a receiver.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- peak-hour — during the busiest hours; used esp of traffic and demand for gas, electricity etc
- pharsalus — an ancient city in central Greece, in Thessaly: site of Caesar's victory over Pompey 48 b.c.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- prehallux — (of some mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of a hind limb
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- pretaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- push-card — punchboard.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- rechauffe — a warmed-up dish of food.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk