9-letter words containing h, e, r, i, n
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- hercynite — a black oxide mineral, FeAl 2 O 4 , of the spinel group.
- heritance — inheritance.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- heroinism — an addiction to heroin
- heronries — Plural form of heronry.
- herriment — the act of plundering
- herringer — a person that catches herring
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- hibernate — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or its inhabitants; Irish.
- hibernize — to hibernicize
- hieromonk — a monk who is also a priest.
- hillerman — Tony, 1925–2008, U.S. novelist and anthropologist.
- hindberry — a raspberry
- hindering — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirelings — Plural form of hireling.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hirundine — of, relating to, or resembling the swallow.
- hitlerian — of or relating to Adolf Hitler or his regime
- hoariness — The characteristic of being hoary.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holderlin — Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.
- hollering — to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- hoovering — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- horniness — consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- hornpipes — Plural form of hornpipe.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- horsiness — The quality of being, or resembling, a horse.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- hungering — Present participle of hunger.
- hungriest — Superlative form of hungry.
- hunkering — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- hydramine — an amine derived from a glycol in which one hydroxyl is replaced by an amino group.
- hydrazine — Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N 2 H 4 , that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
- hyperfine — Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
- hypericin — an antidepressant and antiviral compound derived from Saint John's wort
- hyperlink — hypertext link
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- in theory — in principle
- inbreathe — to breathe in; inhale.