9-letter words containing h, y, r
- grayhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- greyhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- grouchily — In a grouchy manner.
- gynarchic — relating to gynarchy or rule by women
- gynophore — the elongated stalk of a pistil.
- hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
- haggardly — In a haggard manner.
- hagiarchy — hagiocracy.
- 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.
- half-year — a period of 6 months
- 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.
- 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.
- hansberry — Lorraine, 1930–65, U.S. playwright.
- 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.
- 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.
- haymakers — Plural form of haymaker.
- haymarket — a famous London market 1644–1830.
- heartedly — having a specified kind of heart (now used only in combination): hardhearted; sad-hearted.
- heathenry — The state of being heathen.
- hemelytra — one of the forewings of a true bug, having a hard, thick basal portion and a thinner, membranous apex.
- hemihedry — the quality or state of a crystal having hemihedral shape
- hen party — a party or gathering for women only.
- henry iii — 1017–56, king of Germany 1039–56 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1046–56 (son of Conrad II).
- henry vii — ("Henry of Luxembourg") 1275?–1313, king of Germany 1309–13 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1312–13.
- heptarchy — (often initial capital letter) the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- herbivory — The eating of plants, especially ones that are still living.
- herbology — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- hercynite — a black oxide mineral, FeAl 2 O 4 , of the spinel group.
- heritably — In a heritable manner.
- hermatype — reef-building coral.
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- heteronym — a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
- heyerdahl — Thor [too r] /tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1914–2002, Norwegian ethnologist and author.
- heyrovsky — Jaroslav [yah-raw-slahf] /ˈyɑ rɔ slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1967, Czech chemist: Nobel Prize 1959.
- hierarchy — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- hierology — literature or learning regarding sacred things.
- highflyer — Alternative form of highflier.
- himyarite — one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.
- hindberry — a raspberry