9-letter words containing h, v
- have a go — try sth
- have done — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have legs — If an idea, plan, or activity has legs, it is likely to continue or succeed.
- have-a-go — (of people attempting arduous or dangerous tasks) brave or spirited
- have-nots — people who are very poor
- haverford — a township in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- haverhill — a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
- haversack — a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
- haversian — designating or of the canals through which blood vessels and connective tissue pass in bone
- haversine — one half the versed sine of a given angle or arc.
- havildars — Plural form of havildar.
- hay fever — a type of allergic rhinitis affecting the mucous membranes of the eyes and respiratory tract, affecting susceptible persons usually during the summer, caused by pollen of ragweed and certain other plants.
- heat wave — an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
- heatwaves — Plural form of heatwave.
- heaviness — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- heaviside — Oliver, 1850–1925, English physicist.
- heavy ion — the nucleus of a heavy element.
- heavy mud — a dense substance made of a mixture of the mineral barite and water that is thickened with polymers
- heavy oil — a hydrocarbon mixture, heavier than water, distilled from coal tar
- heavy-set — Someone who is heavy-set has a large solid body.
- heel over — When something heels over, it leans over very far as if it is about to fall over.
- helldiver — a grebe, especially the pied-billed grebe.
- helvellyn — a mountain in NW England. 3118 feet (950 meters).
- helvetian — of or relating to Helvetia or the Helvetii.
- helvetica — (text) One of the most widely used sans-serif typefaces, developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann. Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk, it was renamed Helvetica for the international market. Helvetica is very similar to the common Arial typeface. The name is Latin for Swiss.
- helvetius — Claude Adrien [klawd ey-dree-uh n;; French klohd a-dree-ahn] /klɔd ˈeɪ dri ən;; French kloʊd a driˈɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1715–71, French philosopher.
- hemiliver — Lb anatomy Half of the liver.
- henry vii — ("Henry of Luxembourg") 1275?–1313, king of Germany 1309–13 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1312–13.
- herbivora — grass-eating animals collectively
- herbivore — a herbivorous animal.
- herbivory — The eating of plants, especially ones that are still living.
- heyrovsky — Jaroslav [yah-raw-slahf] /ˈyɑ rɔ slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1967, Czech chemist: Nobel Prize 1959.
- high dive — the performance of a dive from a high board
- high five — a gesture of greeting, good-fellowship, or triumph in which one person slaps the upraised palm of the hand against that of another.
- high-five — a gesture of greeting, good-fellowship, or triumph in which one person slaps the upraised palm of the hand against that of another.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- hive mind — the property of apparent sentience in a colony of social insects acting as a single organism, each insect performing a specific role for the good of the group.
- hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- hoovering — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- hortative — hortatory.
- housewive — (transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
- hovelling — A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.
- hoverport — A terminal for hovercraft.
- hovhaness — Alan, 1911–2000, U.S. composer.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- humective — tending to moisten
- hung over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hydrovane — a vane on a seaplane conferring stability on water (a sponson) or facilitating take off (a hydrofoil)
- hypernova — (astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.