9-letter words containing h, e, r
- heterotic — Of or relating to heterosis (hybrid vigor).
- heucheras — Plural form of heuchera.
- heuneburg — an excavated prehistoric site in S Germany, near Ulm, consisting chiefly of a great early Iron Age fortification dating mostly to the second half of the first millennium b.c. and indicating that the inhabitants carried on an extensive trade with cities in the eastern Mediterranean.
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hexachord — a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others.
- hexagrams — Plural form of hexagram.
- hexahedra — plural of hexahedron: solid figure with six plane faces
- hexameral — hexamerous.
- hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
- hexameron — hexaemeron.
- hexameter — a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
- heyerdahl — Thor [too r] /tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1914–2002, Norwegian ethnologist and author.
- heyrovsky — Jaroslav [yah-raw-slahf] /ˈyɑ rɔ slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1967, Czech chemist: Nobel Prize 1959.
- 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
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- hierarchs — Plural form of hierarch.
- hierarchy — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- hieratica — a type of papyrus noted for its high quality and used by the ancient Egyptians in sacred books
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- hierodule — a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- hierogram — a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like.
- hierology — literature or learning regarding sacred things.
- hieromonk — a monk who is also a priest.
- high gear — the highest gear in a car or other motor vehicle
- high wire — a tightrope stretched very high above the ground.
- high-bred — of superior breed.
- high-rise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
- higher-up — a person in a position of higher authority in an organization; superior.
- highflier — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
- highflyer — Alternative form of highflier.
- highrises — Plural form of highrise.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hillcrest — The crest of a hill.
- 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.
- 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.
- hiphugger — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hippiater — (rare) A veterinarian specializing in horse care.
- hippurite — an extinct type of bivalve mollusc (family Hippuritidae) found as fossils from the late Cretaceous period
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirelings — Plural form of hireling.
- hiroshige — Ando [ahn-daw] /ˈɑnˈdɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Tokube") 1797–1858, Japanese painter.
- hirsuties — Hirsutism.