9-letter words containing h, i, e, r, a
- spearfish — fish: type of marlin
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- starshine — starlight
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- tephigram — a chart depicting variations in atmospheric conditions relative to altitude
- terai hat — a felt sun helmet with a high crown and wide brim, worn especially in the subtropics.
- the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
- the-trial — German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- theandric — relating to the state of being both divine and human, esp pertaining to Christ
- theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
- theralite — a coarse-grained, phaneritic rock composed of labradorite, nepheline, and augite.
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- therezina — former name of Teresina.
- theriacal — of or relating to a theriac, a mixture once thought to be an antidote to poison such as snake venom or treacle
- thick ear — a blow on the ear delivered as punishment, in anger, etc
- third ear — intuition.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- threadfin — any spiny-rayed fishes of the family Polynemidae, having the lower part of the pectoral fin composed of numerous, separate, filamentous rays.
- threading — twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing.
- threating — a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
- trailhead — the point where a trail starts.
- trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
- trashtrie — trash
- trierarch — the commander of a trireme.
- trihedral — having, or formed by, three planes meeting in a point: a trihedral angle.
- tzarevich — czarevitch.
- underhair — a growth of short hair lying beneath a longer growth; undercoat.
- unharried — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- unhirable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- varnished — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- vehicular — of, relating to, or for vehicles: a vehicular tunnel.
- wealthier — Comparative form of wealthy.
- wear ship — to change the tack of a sailing vessel, esp a square-rigger, by coming about so that the wind passes astern
- wear thin — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- whangarei — a port in New Zealand, the northernmost city of North Island: oil refinery. Pop: 72 200 (2004 est)
- wheatbird — A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
- whitbread — Fatima. born 1961, British javelin thrower: won gold at the World Championships (1987)
- white rat — an albino variety of the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, used in biological experiments.
- whiteacre — an arbitrary name for a piece of land used for purposes of supposition in legal argument or the like (often distinguished from blackacre).
- whitebark — The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.
- whiteware — white earthenware
- whittaker — Charles Evans, 1901–73, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1957–62.
- whittawer — a person who converts skins into white leather; a tawer
- wreathing — a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
- zebrafish — a small, slender freshwater fish, Brachydanio rerio, having luminous bluish-black and silvery-gold horizontal stripes: popular in home aquariums.