9-letter words containing h, y, a
- habitably — capable of being inhabited.
- habitancy — the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
- hack away — keep chopping at sth
- 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.
- hackysack — Alt form hackeysack.
- 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
- haggardly — In a haggard manner.
- hagiarchy — hagiocracy.
- hagiology — the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
- hail mary — Ave Maria.
- hairdryer — (chiefly UK) A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.
- hairspray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- halcyonic — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- half-year — a period of 6 months
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- halomancy — Divination by use of salt. This is the origin for the superstition of spilled salt.
- halophily — the ability or predisposition to thrive in an extremely salty environment
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- haltingly — faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
- halysites — an extinct genus comprising the chain corals.
- hamadryad — Classical Mythology. a dryad who is the spirit of a particular tree.
- hamadryas — A large baboon, Papio hamadryas, from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt.
- hand-play — the practice of fighting with fists
- handcarry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
- hanefiyeh — (in the courtyard of a mosque) a fountain for ritual washing.
- hansberry — Lorraine, 1930–65, U.S. playwright.
- haplessly — In a hapless manner.
- haplology — the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the pronunciation [prob-lee] /ˈprɒb li/ (Show IPA) for probably.
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- happen by — chance upon
- happyness — Misspelling of happiness.
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- harmfully — In a harmful manner.
- harpylike — resembling a harpy
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- hastately — in a hastate manner
- hatchways — Plural form of hatchway.
- hatefully — In a hateful manner.
- haughtily — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- hawk-eyed — having very keen sight: a hawk-eyed guard.
- hawke bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the E coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- hawkishly — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawthorny — resembling or characterized by hawthorns
- 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.
- hay shock — a haycock.