9-letter words containing h, e, t
- gothamite — a journalistic nickname for New York City.
- gothicize — to make gothic, as in style.
- gottsched — Johann Christoph. 1700–66, German critic, dramatist, and translator
- grahamite — an asphaltite with a pitch-black luster.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- graphited — Modified by the addition of graphite.
- gut check — a pause to assess the state, progress, or condition of something such as an enterprise or institution
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- haanepoot — a type of white wine made from the Hanepoot grape
- habitable — capable of being inhabited.
- habitance — (obsolete) dwelling; abode; residence.
- habituate — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
- hackitude — (jargon) An even sillier word for hackishness.
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- haecceity — That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as “ this (one). ”.
- haematein — a dark purple water-insoluble crystalline substance obtained from logwood and used as an indicator and biological stain. Formula: C16H12O6
- haematite — (chiefly UK) alternative spelling of hematite.
- haematoid — resembling blood
- haematoma — Alternative form of hematoma.
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- haemostat — A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
- hailstone — a pellet of hail.
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- half cent — a bronze coin of the U.S., equal to one-half cent, issued at various periods between 1793 and 1857.
- half note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half rest — a rest equal in time value to a half note.
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half term — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- half tide — the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- half tone — semitone.
- half-note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- half-term — Half-term is a short holiday in the middle of a school term.
- half-tide — the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- half-time — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- halieutic — Of or pertaining to fishing.
- hall tree — a stand or post having hooks or knobs for holding coats and hats; hatrack or clothes tree.
- halogeton — a poisonous herbaceous plant, native to Siberia, that grows in North America
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- halothane — a colorless liquid, C 2 HBrClF 3 , used as an inhalant for general anesthesia.
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- halysites — an extinct genus comprising the chain corals.
- hamfatter — a second-rate or ineffectual actor
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hammertoe — a clawlike deformity of a toe, usually the second or third, in which there is a permanent flexion of the second and third joints.
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.
- handtowel — a small piece of thick soft cloth used to dry the hands
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.