9-letter words containing h, o, r, s
- horsiness — The quality of being, or resembling, a horse.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hospodars — Plural form of hospodar.
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.
- hot press — a hot press is an airing cupboard for clothes
- hot-press — a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.
- hot-short — (of steel or wrought iron) brittle when heated, usually due to high sulfur content.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- hourglass — an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.
- house red — a red wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housegirl — A young woman employed to do housework.
- houseroom — lodging or accommodation in a house.
- houseware — Homeware.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- humorists — Plural form of humorist.
- humorless — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humorsome — Alternative form of humoursome.
- humourist — (British) alternative spelling of humorist.
- humourous — (chiefly, UK, uncommon, nonstandard) alternative spelling of humorous.
- hybridous — of or relating to a hybrid
- hydro-ski — a hydrofoil attached to a seaplane to aid in takeoffs and landings.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
- hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrolyse — Alternative spelling of hydrolyze.
- hydroseed — to sow (a field, lawn, etc.) with seed by distribution in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- hydrosere — a sere originating in water.
- hydrosols — Plural form of hydrosol.
- hydrosoma — hydrosome.
- hydrosome — the entire body of a compound hydrozoan.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- hygristor — an electronic component the resistance of which varies with humidity
- hygrostat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- hypospray — (science fiction) A kind of jet injector.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- ironsmith — a worker in iron; blacksmith.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- isochoric — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.