9-letter words containing h, e, r, s, l
- frothless — without froth
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- 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 rest — a rest equal in time value to a half note.
- 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-sell — characterized by or promoted through a hard sell: hard-sell tactics.
- 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
- 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.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- heartless — unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel: heartless words; a heartless ruler.
- heirlooms — Plural form of heirloom.
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- hellwards — towards hell
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- helsingør — a port in NE Denmark, in NE Zealand: site of Kronborg Castle (16th century), famous as the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Pop: 35 002 (2004 est)
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hillcrest — The crest of a hill.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- hirelings — Plural form of hireling.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- hollister — a town in W California.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- honorless — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- horse fly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- horseless — (of a vehicle) not drawn by a horse or horses.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housegirl — A young woman employed to do housework.
- humorless — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.