9-letter words containing h, e, r, m, i
- hemihedry — the quality or state of a crystal having hemihedral shape
- hemiliver — Lb anatomy Half of the liver.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- hemitrope — twin1 (def 5).
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- hermetics — alchemy
- hermetism — a former religion based on pagan mystical knowledge
- hermetist — a believer in or expounder of hermetism
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- hermitess — A female hermit.
- hermitism — the act of living as a hermit
- hermitize — To isolate oneself; to become a hermit.
- heroinism — an addiction to heroin
- herriment — the act of plundering
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
- hierogram — a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like.
- hieromonk — a monk who is also a priest.
- hillerman — Tony, 1925–2008, U.S. novelist and anthropologist.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- himyarite — one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- homebirth — Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- homefries — Plural form of homefry.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humbert i — (Umberto I) 1844–1900, king of Italy 1878–1900.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- 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.
- 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.
- intermesh — any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- kriemhild — the wife of Siegfried and the sister of Gunther.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- mariehamn — a seaport on S Åland Island, in the Baltic.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- mermithid — (zoology) Any member of the Mermithidae.