9-letter words containing h, e, a, l, r
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- gearwheel — a wheel having teeth or cogs that engage with those of another wheel or part; cogwheel.
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- hair cell — an epithelial cell having hairlike processes, as that of the organ of Corti.
- hair seal — any of various seals having coarse hair and no soft underfur.
- hairlines — Plural form of hairline.
- hairslide — A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- half fare — the sum charged or paid for conveyance in a bus, train, aeroplane, etc, by children, pensioners, etc, when it is equal to half the cost of the price paid by a regular passenger
- half rest — a rest equal in time value to a half note.
- half term — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- half-acre — a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- half-term — Half-term is a short holiday in the middle of a school term.
- half-year — a period of 6 months
- hall tree — a stand or post having hooks or knobs for holding coats and hats; hatrack or clothes tree.
- halmahera — an island in NE Indonesia: the largest of the Moluccas. 6928 sq. mi. (17,944 sq. km).
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- handlebar — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- hard left — You use hard left to describe those members of a left wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- hard lens — a contact lens of rigid plastic or silicon, exerting light pressure on the cornea of the eye, used for correcting various vision problems including astigmatism.
- hard sell — aggressive sales
- hard-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- hard-sell — characterized by or promoted through a hard sell: hard-sell tactics.
- hardliner — Alternative spelling of hard-liner.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- harebells — Plural form of harebell.
- 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.
- harlequin — (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
- harlingen — a city in S Texas.
- harmaline — a chemical derived from the harmala plant, used as a hallucinogen or used in conjunction with other hallucinogens
- harp seal — a northern earless seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus, with pale-yellow fur darkening to gray with age, of coasts, drifting ice, and seas of the North Atlantic Ocean, hunted for its fur.
- harpylike — resembling a harpy
- haverhill — a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- healthier — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- hear tell — to be told (about); learn (of)
- heartedly — having a specified kind of heart (now used only in combination): hardhearted; sad-hearted.
- heartfelt — deeply or sincerely felt: heartfelt sympathy.
- heartland — the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
- heartleaf — Wild ginger, Asarum caudatum.
- heartless — unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel: heartless words; a heartless ruler.
- heartling — a term of endearment, little heart
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- hellwards — towards hell
- hemelytra — one of the forewings of a true bug, having a hard, thick basal portion and a thinner, membranous apex.