9-letter words containing h, a, t, r, i
- graphitic — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- hamstring — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- handprint — an impression or mark made with the palm and fingers on a surface.
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.
- 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 time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- harestail — a species of cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum, more tussocky than common cotton grass and having only a single flower head
- hariolate — to practise divination or to prophesy
- harlemite — a native or inhabitant of Harlem.
- harmonist — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- 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.
- hatinator — a small decorative hat, worn on social occasions
- haughtier — Comparative form of haughty.
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- haut-rhin — a department in NE France. 1354 sq. mi. (3505 sq. km). Capital: Colmar.
- hauterive — a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada.
- haworthia — any of various succulent plants of the genus Haworthia, native to South Africa, having densely overlapping, often warty leaves clustered in rosettes.
- head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headright — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- healthier — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- heartiest — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- heartikin — a term of endearment: 'little heart'
- heartling — 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
- heathbird — the black grouse
- hematuria — the presence of blood in the urine.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- henrietta — a female given name, form of Henry.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- 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.
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hesitater — One who hesitates.
- hesitator — Alternative spelling of hesitater.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hibernate — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.