9-letter words containing h, o, r, e
- jobholder — a person who has a regular or steady job.
- kilohertz — a unit of frequency, equal to 1000 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kHz.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lee shore — a shore toward which the wind blows.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- logorrhea — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- lohengrin — the son of Parzival, and a knight of the Holy Grail.
- longshore — existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.
- look here — used when raising an objection
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- menorrhea — menstrual flow.
- mesomorph — a person of the mesomorphic type.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- meyerhold — Vsevolod Emilievich, original name Karl Theodor Kasimir. 1874–c. 1940, Russian theatre director, noted for his experimental nonrealistic productions. He was arrested in 1939 and died in custody
- micromesh — a very fine mesh
- moithered — Simple past tense and past participle of moither.
- mon-khmer — a group of Austroasiatic languages that includes Mon, of Burma, and Khmer, the language of Cambodia.
- monorhine — an animal that has one nasal orifice
- monorhyme — a poem or stanza in which all the lines rhyme with each other.
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- morphemes — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morphogen — A chemical agent able to cause or determine morphogenesis.
- morphoses — Plural form of morphosis.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- motherers — Plural form of motherer.
- motherese — the simplified and repetitive type of speech, with exaggerated intonation and rhythm, often used by adults when speaking to babies
- mothering — a female parent.
- motorhome — a small bus or trucklike vehicle with a roomlike area behind the driver's seat outfitted as living quarters.
- mudhopper — an amphibious fish found on mud flats and in mangrove swamps
- nathemore — nevermore
- near home — concerning one deeply
- nearshore — extending from or occurring along a shore.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- negrohead — a type of low-quality India rubber
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- neighbors — Plural form of neighbor.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- neomorphs — Plural form of neomorph.
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.