9-letter words containing h, e, r
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- husbander — A person who husbands resources.
- hutterite — a member of an Anabaptist sect following the principles of Jacob Hutter (d. 1536) of Moravia and practicing community of goods and nonconformity.
- hyalomere — the transparent part of a blood platelet, surrounding the chromomere.
- hybernate — Obsolete spelling of hibernate.
- hybridise — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hybridize — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hyde park — a public park in London, England.
- hyder ali — 1722–82, Islamic prince and military leader of India: ruler of Mysore 1759–82.
- hyderabad — a state in SE India, formed from portions of Chennai and Hyderabad states 1956. 105,963 sq. mi. (274,444 sq. km). Capital: Hyderabad.
- 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.
- hydrangea — any shrub belonging to the genus Hydrangea, of the saxifrage family, several species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flower clusters of white, pink, or blue.
- hydrazide — (chemistry) any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group with -NHNH2 or derived forms -NRNR2.
- 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.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
- hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrolize — (intransitive) To undergo hydrolization.
- hydrolyse — Alternative spelling of hydrolyze.
- hydrolyte — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hydrolyze — Break down (a compound) by chemical reaction with water.
- hydroseed — to sow (a field, lawn, etc.) with seed by distribution in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- hydrosere — a sere originating in water.
- hydrosome — the entire body of a compound hydrozoan.
- hydrovane — a vane on a seaplane conferring stability on water (a sponson) or facilitating take off (a hydrofoil)
- hydroxide — a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group.
- hygrodeik — A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
- hyper-man — A browser available with Epoch giving hypertext access to the Unix manual.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hyperarid — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- hyperbase — (database) An experimental active multi-user database for hypertext systems from the University of Aalborg, written in C++. It is built on the client-server model enabling distributed, concurrent, and shared access from workstations in a local area network. See also EHTS.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- hypercard — A software package by Bill Atkinson for storage and retrieval of information on the Macintosh. It can handle images and is designed for browsing. The powerful customisable interactive user interface allows new applications to be easily constructed by manipulating objects on the screen, often without conventional programming, though the language HyperTalk can be used for more complex tasks.
- hypercube — A geometric figure in four or more dimensions that is analogous to a cube in three dimensions.
- 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.
- hyperfine — Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
- hyperform — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by hypercorrection.
- hypergamy — the practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own.
- hypericin — an antidepressant and antiviral compound derived from Saint John's wort
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hyperlink — hypertext link
- hypermart — a very large, discount supermarket with a maximum range of products including groceries, apparel and general household goods
- hypermile — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hypernews — A Hypertext system from the Turing Institute Glasgow, based on NeWS.