9-letter words containing h, a, r
- ochlocrat — An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; a advocate of mob rule.
- octachord — any musical instrument with eight strings.
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- oenothera — any plant of the large taxonomically complicated American genus Oenothera, typically having yellow flowers that open in the evening: family Onagraceae
- ogee arch — an arch, each haunch of which is an ogee with the concave side uppermost.
- old harry — Older Use. the devil; Satan.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- 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.
- on shares — with each person concerned taking a share of the profit or loss
- ondograph — an instrument for graphically recording oscillatory variations, as in alternating currents.
- opera hat — a man's tall, collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric. Also called gibus. Compare beaver1 (def 4), silk hat, top hat.
- orcharder — One who owns or operates an orchard.
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orichalch — Alternative form of orichalcum.
- orography — the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains.
- orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
- 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
- orthogamy — (botany) fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant.
- orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthostat — (in a classical temple) any of a number of large stone slabs revetting the lower part of the cella.
- other man — a man who is romantically or sexually involved with another man's wife or lover, especially a man who is having an affair with a married woman.
- otorrhoea — a discharge from the ears
- 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.
- overcatch — to overtake
- overcheap — too cheap
- overcoach — to coach too much
- overhaile — to draw (a covering) over
- overhappy — too happy
- overhaste — excessive haste
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- overheads — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overheard — to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge: I accidentally overheard what they were saying.
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- overmatch — to be more than a match for; surpass; defeat: an assignment that clearly overmatched his abilities; an able task force that overmatched the enemy fleet.
- overreach — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overshade — to cast shade over.
- overshare — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- oversharp — too sharp
- overteach — to teach too much
- overwatch — to watch over.
- pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).