9-letter words containing h, e, i, m
- hindemith — Paul, 1895–1963, U.S. composer, born in Germany.
- hippiedom — the lifestyle and world of hippies, especially in the 1960s.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histotome — a microtome.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- hive mind — the property of apparent sentience in a colony of social insects acting as a single organism, each insect performing a specific role for the good of the group.
- hobohemia — A community of hoboes.
- home life — a person's life at home; private life
- home side — the team that is playing on its home ground
- home sign — any idiosyncratic system of gestural communication used by a deaf person.
- home time — time to go home
- home unit — a self-contained residence which is part of a series of similar residences
- homebirth — Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- homebuilt — Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
- homefries — Plural form of homefry.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- homegoing — A voyage home.
- homeliest — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homesites — Plural form of homesite.
- homeslice — Alternative spelling of home slice (Someone from one's home town.).
- homicides — Plural form of homicide.
- homiletic — of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
- hominines — Plural form of hominine.
- homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
- homophile — a homosexual.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- housemaid — a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
- hoydenism — The behaviour of a hoyden.
- humanised — Simple past tense and past participle of humanise.
- humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humanize.
- humanlike — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- humbert i — (Umberto I) 1844–1900, king of Italy 1878–1900.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- humective — tending to moisten
- humidness — Humidity.
- humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- hydraemia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydramide — (organic compound) One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.
- hydramine — an amine derived from a glycol in which one hydroxyl is replaced by an amino group.
- hymettian — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens. 3370 feet (1027 meters).
- hymnodies — Plural form of hymnody.
- hyperemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hypermile — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.