9-letter words containing h, i, e, d
- downweigh — (transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
- drenching — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- drillhole — a hole drilled in the ground, usually for exploratory purposes
- droshkies — Plural form of droshky.
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- duotheist — A person who adheres to duotheism.
- dyschezia — Difficult or painful defecation.
- dysphemia — any impairment in the ability to speak.
- dysthesia — an unusual or disagreeable feeling in or on the body compared to crawling or burning
- dysthetic — relating to dysthesia
- echidnine — the essential element contained in the poison of certain snakes or the poisonous secretion itself
- echinoids — Plural form of echinoid.
- echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
- edinburgh — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- eindhoven — a city in the SE Netherlands, in North Brabant province: radio and electrical industry. Pop: 206 000 (2003 est)
- eldership — Seniority; the state or condition of being older.
- enchained — Simple past form of enchain.
- enchilada — A rolled tortilla with a filling typically of meat and served with a chili sauce.
- endorheic — (of a lake or basin) Internally drained; having no outlet.
- endorphin — Any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and having a number of physiological functions. They are peptides that activate the body’s opiate receptors, causing an analgesic effect.
- enhydrite — a type of mineral containing water
- enlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of enlight.
- enshrined — Simple past tense and past participle of enshrine.
- epedaphic — of or relating to atmospheric conditions
- ephedrine — A crystalline alkaloid drug obtained from some ephedras. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used to relieve asthma and hay fever.
- ephemerid — (zoology) Any member of the Ephemeridae.
- epitaphed — Simple past tense and past participle of epitaph.
- eriophyid — a type of microscopic mite that causes plant damage
- erythroid — Of or relating to erythrocytes.
- etherised — Simple past tense and past participle of etherise.
- etherized — Simple past tense and past participle of etherize.
- ethmoidal — Ethmoid.
- ethnocide — The deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group.
- eunuchoid — Resembling a eunuch, typically in having reduced or indeterminate sexual characteristics.
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euthyroid — having a thyroid gland that functions normally
- exhibited — Publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.
- faidherbe — Louis Léon César. 1818–89, French soldier and governor of Senegal (1854–65); founder of Dakar
- fashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of fashion.
- flinthead — the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
- freighted — goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- friedrich — a male given name.
- friendish — Like, or relating to a friend.
- furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- garnished — Simple past tense and past participle of garnish.
- gelechiid — any of numerous small moths of the family Gelechiidae, including many crop pests, as the Angoumois grain moth and potato tuberworm.
- giltheads — Plural form of gilthead.