9-letter words containing h, a, t, r, e
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attrahens — (of muscle) drawing or pulling towards
- attrahent — attracting or drawing in
- authoress — An authoress is a female author. Many female writers object to this word, and prefer to be called authors.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathwater — water in which a person bathes
- bear with — If you ask someone to bear with you, you are asking them to be patient.
- bernhardt — Sarah. original name Rosine Bernard. 1844–1923, French actress, regarded as one of the greatest tragic actresses of all time
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- birthdate — Your birthdate is the same as your date of birth.
- birthname — a name given at birth
- birthrate — the number of births per year per thousand of population in a given community, area, or group: sometimes other units of time or population are used
- blatherer — someone who blathers
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- branchlet — a small branch
- brandreth — a gridiron, iron trivet, or tripod
- breathful — full of breath; living
- breathing — the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- car thief — a person who steals automobiles
- carothers — Wallace Hume1896-1937; U.S. chemist
- carthorse — A carthorse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- cartwheel — If you do a cartwheel, you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.
- catharise — purify
- catharize — to purify or make clean
- catharses — Plural form of catharsis.
- cathedral — A cathedral is a very large and important church which has a bishop in charge of it.
- catherine — Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded
- catheters — Plural form of catheter.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- chantress — a female chanter or singer
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chapter 7 — the statute regarding liquidation proceedings that empowers a court to appoint a trustee to operate a failing business to prevent further loss
- chapteral — of or pertaining to a chapter
- chaptered — a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- character — The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
- charecter — Misspelling of character.
- charities — Plural form of charity.
- charleton — a male given name.
- charlotte — a baked dessert served hot or cold, commonly made with fruit and layers or a casing of bread or cake crumbs, sponge cake, etc
- charmante — Silk fabric with a crepe back.