9-letter words containing h, i
- ahimelech — a priest who was killed by Saul for helping David. I Sam. 21:1–9; 22:9–23.
- ahistoric — not related to or concerned with documented history
- ahtisaari — Martti [mahr-ti] /ˈmɑr tɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1938, president of Finland 1994–2000.
- ailanthic — of or relating to the ailanthus tree
- ailanthus — an E Asian simaroubaceous deciduous tree, Ailanthus altissima, planted in Europe and North America, having pinnate leaves, small greenish flowers, and winged fruits
- air coach — coach (def 4).
- air crash — a crash involving one or more aircraft
- air hoist — a pneumatic hoist.
- air right — a right of way in the air space above a property owner's land and the immovable property on it, subject to the public right of air navigation above the property at a legally prescribed altitude.
- air shaft — a shaft for ventilation, esp in a mine or tunnel
- air-thing — a direction.
- airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
- airworthy — If an aircraft is airworthy, it is safe to fly.
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- akathisia — the inability to sit still because of uncontrollable movement caused by reaction to drugs
- akathisic — Relating to, or exhibiting, akathisia.
- al hijrah — an annual Muslim festival marking the beginning of the Muslim year. It commemorates Mohammed's move from Mecca to Medina and involves the exchange of gifts and the telling of stories about Mohammed
- al khalil — Hebron.
- al-ashari — Abu ʾl-Hasan [ah-boo al-ha-san] /ˈɑ bu æl hæˈsæn/ (Show IPA), a.d. c873–936, the formulator of the classical synthesis in Islamic philosophical theology known as Ashʿarism.
- al-hillah — Hilla.
- alchemies — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alchemise — to change by or as by alchemy; transmute: to alchemize lead into gold.
- alchemist — An alchemist was a scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold.
- alchemize — to alter (an element, metal, etc) by alchemy; transmute
- alchymist — Alternative spelling of alchemist.
- alcoholic — An alcoholic is someone who cannot stop drinking large amounts of alcohol, even when this is making them ill.
- aldehydic — any of a class of organic compounds containing the group −CHO, which yields acids when oxidized and alcohols when reduced.
- alecithal — (of an ovum) having little or no yolk
- algorithm — An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.
- ali pasha — known as the Lion of Janina. 1741–1822, Turkish pasha and ruler of Albania (1787–1820), who was deposed and assassinated after intriguing against Turkey
- alighting — to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
- aliphatic — (of an organic compound) not aromatic, esp having an open chain structure, such as alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes
- all right — If you say that someone or something is all right, you mean that you find them satisfactory or acceptable.
- all-night — open, available or operating throughout the night
- all-right — safe; sound: Are you all right?
- allethrin — a clear viscous amber-coloured liquid used as an insecticide and synergist. Formula: C19H26O3; relative density: 1.005
- allicholy — a feeling of sadness and despondency
- allingham — Margery. 1904–66, British author of detective stories, featuring Albert Campion. Her works include Tiger in the Smoke (1952) and The Mind Readers (1965)
- alt-right — (in the US) a political movement whose supporters hold extreme right-wing views and reject mainstream politics
- altigraph — an instrument that measures altitude and records the measurements graphically
- amberfish — amberjack.
- ambushing — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- amianthus — any of the fine silky varieties of asbestos
- amidships — Amidships means halfway along the length of a ship.
- amorphism — the state or quality of being amorphous.
- amphibian — Amphibians are animals such as frogs and toads that can live both on land and in water.
- amphibole — any of a large group of minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, magnesium, sodium, and aluminium, usually in the form of long slender dark-coloured crystals. Members of the group, including hornblende, actinolite, and tremolite, are common constituents of igneous rocks
- amphiboly — ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, as in The Duke yet lives that Henry shall depose.
- amphigory — a piece of nonsensical writing in verse or, less commonly, prose
- amphinome — a maiden who, along with her sister Evadne, was deceived by Medea into murdering their father, Pelias.