9-letter words containing h
- amthamine — A histamine agonist selective for the H2 subtype.
- anabranch — a stream that leaves a river and enters it again further downstream
- anacharis — a genus of water plant native to North America and commonly used in aquariums
- anachrony — a discrepancy between the order of events in a story and the order in which they are presented in the plot: Anachronies are either flashbacks or flashforwards.
- anaglyphs — Plural form of anaglyph.
- ananthous — (of higher plants) having no flowers
- anaphasic — relating to the third stage in cell division
- anaphoral — relating to the prayer of oblation and consecration performed during Holy Communion
- anaphoras — Plural form of anaphora.
- anaphoria — (symptom) A tendency for both eyes to look upward.
- anaphoric — of or relating to anaphora
- anarchial — characterized by anarchy or political confusion
- anarchies — Plural form of anarchy.
- anarchise — make anarchic
- anarchism — Anarchism is the belief that the laws and power of governments should be replaced by people working together freely.
- anarchist — An anarchist is a person who believes in anarchism.
- anarchize — to make anarchic, to destroy the order of things
- anarthria — loss of the ability to speak coherently
- anarthric — relating to anarthria
- anathemas — Plural form of anathema.
- anchorage — An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- anchoring — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anchorman — The anchorman on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.
- anchormen — Plural form of anchorman.
- anchoveta — a small anchovy, Cetengraulis mysticetus, of the American Pacific, used as bait by tuna fishermen
- anchovies — Plural form of anchovy.
- anchylose — ankylose
- angashore — a miserable person given to complaining
- angelfish — any of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- angelhood — the state of being an angel
- angophora — any tree of the genus Angophora, related to the eucalyptus and native to E Australia
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- anguishes — Plural form of anguish.
- anhedonia — the inability to feel or experience pleasure
- anhedonic — unable to feel or experience pleasure
- anhungred — very hungry
- anhydrase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of water
- anhydrate — (organic chemistry) An acid anhydride.
- anhydride — a compound that has been formed from another compound by dehydration
- anhydrite — a colourless or greyish-white mineral, found in sedimentary rocks. It is used in the manufacture of cement, fertilizers, and chemicals. Composition: anhydrous calcium sulphate. Formula: CaSO4. Crystal structure: orthorhombic
- anhydrous — containing no water, esp no water of crystallization
- aniakchak — an active volcanic crater in SW Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: the largest explosion crater in the world. Height: 1347 m (4420 ft). Diameter: 9 km (6 miles)
- anna shaw — Anna Howard, 1847–1919, U.S. physician, reformer, and suffragist, born in England.
- anonychia — congenital absence of the nails.
- anopheles — any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man
- anorakish — (British, informal) Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorthite — a white to greyish-white or reddish-white mineral of the feldspar group and plagioclase series, found chiefly in igneous rocks and more rarely in metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Composition: calcium aluminium silicate. Formula: CaAl2Si2O8. Crystal structure: triclinic