9-letter words containing h, a, r
- 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.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- herbivora — grass-eating animals collectively
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- hereafter — after this in time or order; at some future time; farther along.
- heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- heritable — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- heritably — In a heritable manner.
- heritages — Plural form of heritage.
- heritance — inheritance.
- hermandad — an informal police force in Spain
- hermatype — reef-building coral.
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- hernandez — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Argentine poet.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- heronshaw — a heron
- hesitater — One who hesitates.
- hesitator — Alternative spelling of hesitater.
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- heucheras — Plural form of heuchera.
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hexagrams — Plural form of hexagram.
- hexahedra — plural of hexahedron: solid figure with six plane faces
- hexameral — hexamerous.
- hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
- hexameron — hexaemeron.
- hexameter — a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
- heyerdahl — Thor [too r] /tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1914–2002, Norwegian ethnologist and author.
- hibernate — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or its inhabitants; Irish.
- hierarchs — Plural form of hierarch.
- hierarchy — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- hieratica — a type of papyrus noted for its high quality and used by the ancient Egyptians in sacred books
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- hierogram — a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like.
- high gear — the highest gear in a car or other motor vehicle
- high road — A high road is a main road.
- high-carb — having a high carbohydrate content
- highchair — a tall chair having arms and very long legs and usually a removable tray for food, for use by a very young child during meals.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hilarious — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.