9-letter words containing h, i, n, d, e
- drenching — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- echidnine — the essential element contained in the poison of certain snakes or the poisonous secretion itself
- echinoids — Plural form of echinoid.
- edinburgh — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- eindhoven — a city in the SE Netherlands, in North Brabant province: radio and electrical industry. Pop: 206 000 (2003 est)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- fashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of fashion.
- flinthead — the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
- friendish — Like, or relating to a friend.
- furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- garnished — Simple past tense and past participle of garnish.
- haberdine — a cod that has been dried and salted
- haciendas — Plural form of hacienda.
- hagridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hand-ride — to ride (a horse) in a race without using a whip or spurs, urging it on with only the hands.
- handiness — within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are handy.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.
- hard-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- hardening — a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardliner — Alternative spelling of hard-liner.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- head wind — wind blowing head-on
- headiness — intoxicating: a heady wine.
- headlined — Simple past tense and past participle of headline.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- headlines — Plural form of headline.
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hedgingly — So as to hedge; without making a firm commitment.
- hedonists — Plural form of hedonist.
- heediness — heedfulness; attentiveness
- hendiadys — a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”.
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- hiddenite — a rare, transparent variety of spodumene, colored yellow-green to emerald-green by chromium: used as a gem.