9-letter words containing h, o, y, d
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hemolyzed — to subject (red blood cells) to hemolysis.
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- hideosity — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hideously — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hideyhole — Alternative spelling of hidey-hole.
- hideyoshi — Toyotomi [taw-yaw-taw-mee] /ˈtɔ yɔˈtɔ mi/ (Show IPA), 1536–98, Japanese general and statesman: prime minister and dictator of Japan 1585–98.
- hidy-hole — a hiding place
- hold sway — have influence
- holidayed — Simple past tense and past participle of holiday.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- hollywood — the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.
- holohedry — The condition of a crystal whose point group is identical to that of its lattice.
- holy land — Palestine (def 1).
- holy rood — the cross on which Jesus died.
- holy tide — a time or season for special religious observance
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- hornyhead — species of fish
- hot toddy — toddy (def 1).
- hoydenish — a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- hoydenism — The behaviour of a hoyden.
- humoredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) American standard spelling of humouredly.
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- hybridous — of or relating to a hybrid
- hydantoin — a colorless, needlelike, crystalline compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 O 2 , used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical substances and resins.
- hydathode — a specialized leaf structure through which water is exuded.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .
- hydriodic — of or derived from hydriodic acid.
- hydro-ski — a hydrofoil attached to a seaplane to aid in takeoffs and landings.
- hydrobomb — an aerial torpedo equipped with a rocket engine that propels it after the torpedo has entered the water.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- hydrofoil — Naval Architecture. a surface form creating a thrust against water in a direction perpendicular to the plane approximated by the surface.
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
- hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrolize — (intransitive) To undergo hydrolization.
- hydrology — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolyse — Alternative spelling of hydrolyze.
- hydrolyte — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hydrolyze — Break down (a compound) by chemical reaction with water.
- hydronaut — a person trained to work in deep-sea vessels for research and rescue purposes.
- hydronium — (inorganic chemistry) the hydrated hydrogen ion, H3O+.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- hydroseed — to sow (a field, lawn, etc.) with seed by distribution in a stream of water propelled through a hose.