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9-letter words containing h, a, u

  • peak-hour — during the busiest hours; used esp of traffic and demand for gas, electricity etc
  • phalluses — an image of the male reproductive organ, especially that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in nature.
  • pharsalus — an ancient city in central Greece, in Thessaly: site of Caesar's victory over Pompey 48 b.c.
  • phase out — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
  • phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
  • playdough — children's modelling clay
  • playhouse — a theater.
  • ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
  • poyang hu — lake in N Jiangxi province, SE China: c. 1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km)
  • prehallux — (of some mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of a hind limb
  • prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
  • pretaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
  • punchball — a form of playground or street baseball in which a rubber ball is batted with the fist.
  • purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • push back — force to retreat
  • push-card — punchboard.
  • pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
  • put ahead — to reset the hands of (a clock) to a later time
  • putonghua — the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language of China.
  • quamashes — Plural form of quamash.
  • quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
  • quoad hoc — as much as this; to this extent.
  • rechauffe — a warmed-up dish of food.
  • rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  • rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
  • road hump — speed bump that slows traffic
  • roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
  • rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
  • roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
  • roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
  • roundarch — having rounded arches
  • roundhand — a style of handwriting with large rounded curves
  • roundhead — a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short).
  • ruthenian — Also, Ruthene [roo-theen] /ruˈθin/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the inhabitants of Ruthenia, Galicia, and neighboring regions.
  • saccharum — a brewing sugar derived from cane sugar
  • sagebrush — any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. tridentata, having silvery, wedge-shaped leaves, with three teeth at the tip, common on the dry plains of the western U.S.
  • saltchuck — the ocean.
  • sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
  • saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
  • sasquatch — Big Foot.
  • scatheful — causing harm or injury
  • schaudinn — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1871–1906, German zoologist.
  • schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
  • schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
  • sgian-dhu — a dirk carried in the stocking by Highlanders
  • shake out — If you shake out a cloth or a piece of clothing, you hold it by one of its edges and move it up and down one or more times, in order to open it out, make it flat, or remove dust.
  • shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
  • share out — distribute fairly
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