9-letter words containing h, a, u
- husbandly — Having the characteristics of a husband; marital.
- husbandry — the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydraulus — a pipe organ of ancient Greece and Rome using water pressure to maintain the air supply.
- hydronaut — a person trained to work in deep-sea vessels for research and rescue purposes.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- in a huff — indignant
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- in-humane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- inhumanly — lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- isanthous — having regular flowers.
- ispaghula — dietary fibre derived from the seed husks of Plantago orata and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- juicehead — a heavy drinker of alcoholic liquor.
- jump head — the headline printed over the continued portion of a story in a newspaper, magazine, etc., usually condensed from the main headline.
- junk heap — an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- kamadhenu — a celestial cow whose milk is life, and one of whose milkings is the visible world.
- kampuchea — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- karlsruhe — a city in SW Germany: capital of the former state of Baden.
- kashubian — a West Slavic language closely related to Polish and spoken in northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula.
- kathmandu — a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- katyushas — Plural form of katyusha.
- kawaguchi — a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, N of Tokyo.
- keelhauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keelhaul.
- kharagpur — city in SW West Bengal, India: pop. 265,000
- khattusas — Hattusas.
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- khudzhand — a city in NW Tajikistan, on the Syr Darya River.
- khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- kiungshan — Qiongshan.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- 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.
- lanthanum — a rare-earth, trivalent, metallic element, allied to aluminum, found in certain minerals, as monazite. Symbol: La; atomic weight: 138.91; atomic number: 57; specific gravity: 6.15 at 20°C.
- laugh off — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laughable — such as to cause laughter; funny; amusing; ludicrous.
- laughably — In a manner that can be laughed at, humorous, in a laughable manner.
- laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- launching — Present participle of launch.