9-letter words containing h, e, t
- 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.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodotus — 484?–425? b.c, Greek historian.
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- herpetoid — reptilian, reptiliform
- herriment — the act of plundering
- heseltine — Michael (Ray Dibden) Baron. born 1933, British Conservative politician; secretary of state for defence (1983–86); secretary of state for the environment (1990–92); secretary of state for trade and industry (1992–95); deputy prime minister (1995–97)
- hesitance — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitated — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hesitater — One who hesitates.
- hesitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hesitate.
- hesitator — Alternative spelling of hesitater.
- hessonite — essonite.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hesychast — one of a sect of mystics that originated in the 14th century among the monks on Mt. Athos, Greece.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- heterodox — not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, especially in theology; unorthodox.
- heteronym — a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
- heteropod — any marine invertebrate with a foot or feet adapted for swimming
- heteroses — Plural form of heterosis.
- heterosex — heterosexuality.
- heterosis — the increase in growth, size, fecundity, function, yield, or other characters in hybrids over those of the parents.
- heterotic — Of or relating to heterosis (hybrid vigor).
- hetmanate — the authority, rule, or domain of a hetman.
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hexacanth — (zoology) Having six larval hooks.
- 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.
- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- hexastyle — having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.
- hexateuch — the first six books of the Old Testament.
- hexathlon — an athletic contest consisting of six different events
- hibernate — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hic jacet — (on gravestones) here lies
- hiddenite — a rare, transparent variety of spodumene, colored yellow-green to emerald-green by chromium: used as a gem.
- hideosity — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- 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
- high tech — high technology.
- high tide — the tide at its highest level of elevation.
- high time — the appropriate time or past the appropriate time: It's high time he got out of bed.
- high-step — to walk or run by raising the legs higher than normal.