9-letter words containing h, d
- antichild — Opposing children.
- antideath — Preventing death.
- apartheid — Apartheid was a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law.
- aphetized — (linguistics, of a word) Having undergone aphesis, the removal of an unstressed initial vowel.
- aphorized — Simple past tense and past participle of aphorize.
- aphrodite — the goddess of love and beauty, daughter of Zeus
- appeached — Simple past tense and past participle of appeach.
- apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- arachidic — of or derived from arachidic acid.
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- arachnoid — the middle of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
- arch head — a vertical, arc-shaped member fixed to the end of a walking beam, for supporting a chain from which a pump rod or the like is suspended in such a way as to let it rise and fall vertically.
- archaized — Simple past tense and past participle of archaize.
- archdruid — a chief or principal druid
- archducal — of or relating to an archduke, archduchess, or archduchy
- archduchy — the territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess
- archdukes — Plural form of archduke.
- archfiend — a chief fiend
- archibald — a masculine name: dim. Archie, Archy
- arrowhead — An arrowhead is the sharp, pointed part of an arrow.
- arseholed — very drunk
- arthrodia — a joint
- arthropod — any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having jointed limbs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton made of chitin. The group includes the crustaceans, insects, arachnids, and centipedes
- asdfghjkl — Common filler text.
- ash blond — a very light blond colour
- ash-blond — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- ashamedly — feeling shame; distressed or embarrassed by feelings of guilt, foolishness, or disgrace: He felt ashamed for having spoken so cruelly.
- ashkhabad — the capital of Turkmenistan. Pop: 598 000 (2005 est)
- asphalted — Simple past tense and past participle of asphalt.
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- at hazard — at risk; in danger
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- attendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of attend.
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- azedarach — the astringent bark of the chinaberry tree, formerly used as an emetic and cathartic
- azederach — Alternative spelling of azedarach.
- backhands — Plural form of backhand.
- bad check — A bad check is a check that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the check.
- bad faith — intention to deceive; treachery or dishonesty (esp in the phrase in bad faith)
- bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bad thing — (jargon) (From the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And All That") Something that can't possibly result in improvement of the subject. This term is always capitalised, as in "Replacing all of the 9600-baud modems with bicycle couriers would be a Bad Thing". Opposite: Good Thing. British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and Good Thing (and probably therefore Right Thing and Wrong Thing) come from the book referenced in the etymology, which discusses rulers who were Good Kings but Bad Things. This has apparently created a mainstream idiom on the British side of the pond.
- bad-mouth — If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.
- badmashes — Plural form of badmash.
- badmouths — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth.
- baldachin — a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
- baldheads — Plural form of baldhead.
- bandished — Simple past tense and past participle of bandish.
- bandshape — (physics) The shape (distribution of strengths with frequency) of a band of electromagnetic radiation.
- bandshell — a type of bandstand enclosed at the back
- bandwidth — A bandwidth is the range of frequencies used for a particular telecommunications signal, radio transmission, or computer network.