9-letter words containing h, i, n
- anhedonia — the inability to feel or experience pleasure
- anhedonic — unable to feel or experience pleasure
- anhydride — a compound that has been formed from another compound by dehydration
- anhydrite — a colourless or greyish-white mineral, found in sedimentary rocks. It is used in the manufacture of cement, fertilizers, and chemicals. Composition: anhydrous calcium sulphate. Formula: CaSO4. Crystal structure: orthorhombic
- aniakchak — an active volcanic crater in SW Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: the largest explosion crater in the world. Height: 1347 m (4420 ft). Diameter: 9 km (6 miles)
- anonychia — congenital absence of the nails.
- anorakish — (British, informal) Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorthite — a white to greyish-white or reddish-white mineral of the feldspar group and plagioclase series, found chiefly in igneous rocks and more rarely in metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Composition: calcium aluminium silicate. Formula: CaAl2Si2O8. Crystal structure: triclinic
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- anthelion — a faint halo sometimes seen in polar or high altitude regions around the shadow of an object cast onto a thick cloud bank or fog
- anthemion — a floral design, used esp in ancient Greek and Roman architecture and decoration, usually consisting of honeysuckle, lotus, or palmette leaf motifs
- anthodium — the flower head or bracts of a composite plant, as in daisies or asters
- anthozoic — relating to anthozoans
- anthracic — relating to anthrax
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anthurium — any of various tropical American aroid plants constituting the genus Anthurium, many of which are cultivated as house plants for their showy foliage and their flowers, which are borne in a long-stalked spike surrounded by a flaring heart-shaped white or red bract
- anti-hero — An anti-hero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- antichain — (mathematics) A subset S of a partially ordered set P is an antichain if, for all x, y in S, x <= y => x = y I.e. no two different elements are related. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \subseteq).
- antichild — Opposing children.
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- antideath — Preventing death.
- antigraph — A copy or transcript.
- antihelix — the rounded piece of cartilage inside the outer rim (helix) of the ear; anthelix
- antihuman — opposed to or hostile to humanity, inhuman
- antimacho — opposed to macho attitudes
- antiochus — name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty of Syria
- antipathy — Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- antiphase — (physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°.
- antiphone — (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
- antiphons — Plural form of antiphon.
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- antishake — denoting a technology that reduces the blurring caused by movement of the person taking a photograph
- antishark — designed to protect against shark attacks
- antishock — designed to reduce the force of impact
- antitheft — (of a device, campaign, system, etc) designed to prevent theft
- antiwhite — hostile to White people
- antshrike — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Thamnophilus, superficially resembling the shrike.
- anythings — a thing of any kind.
- aphanitic — of or resembling aphanite
- apishness — The state or quality of being apish.
- apophenia — (psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.
- apophenic — Of or relating to apophenia.
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- arachnoid — the middle of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
- archfiend — a chief fiend
- archiving — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archontic — relating to an archon
- arrhenius — Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903
- arthurian — of or relating to King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table