9-letter words containing h, y, a, e
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- chippeway — Chippewa.
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
- cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
- cyberhack — Computers. hack1 (def 22b).
- cyberrhea — (humour, jargon) /si:'ber-eer/ An affliction of some word processor users; excessive frequency and looseness of productivity. Particularly virulent among those who have not discovered the fortifying virtues of revision.
- cyclepath — a special path for the exclusive use of cyclists
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- death ray — an imaginary ray capable of killing
- dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
- diaphyses — Plural form of diaphysis.
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- dihydrate — a hydrate that contains two molecules of water, as potassium sulfite, K 2 SO 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- dyschezia — Difficult or painful defecation.
- dysphemia — any impairment in the ability to speak.
- dysthesia — an unusual or disagreeable feeling in or on the body compared to crawling or burning
- dyushambe — a former name of Dushanbe.
- earth day — environmental awareness day
- echegaray — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), (José Echegaray y Eizaguirre) 1832–1916, Spanish dramatist and statesman: Nobel Prize 1904.
- emphysema — A condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness.
- endophagy — cannibalism within the same group or tribe
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- epigraphy — The study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions.
- epochally — In an epochal manner.
- erythrina — any tropical tree of the genus Erythrina with red flowers
- esterházy — a noble Hungarian family that produced many soldiers, diplomats, and patrons of the arts. Prince Miklós József Esterházy (1714–90) rebuilt the family castle of Esterháza and employed Haydn as his musical director (1766–90)
- ethically — In an ethical manner.
- ethylated — Simple past tense and past participle of ethylate.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- eye chart — a chart used to test vision from a specified distance: it consists typically of rows of letters of decreasing size
- eye patch — covering for one eye
- eyelashes — Plural form of eyelash.
- eyeshades — Plural form of eyeshade.
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- featherly — (obsolete) Like feathers.
- geography — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- gypsyhead — a flanged drum on a winch, for winding in lines.
- hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
- hackneyed — let out, employed, or done for hire.
- haecceity — That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as “ this (one). ”.
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- haemolyse — to break down red blood cells so that haemoglobin is released
- hairdryer — (chiefly UK) A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.