9-letter words containing i, d, e, a, h
- hairslide — A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.
- half dime — a silver coin of the U.S., equal to five cents, issued 1794–1805 and 1829–73.
- half tide — the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- half-tide — the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hand-ride — to ride (a horse) in a race without using a whip or spurs, urging it on with only the hands.
- handiness — within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are handy.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.
- hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- hard-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- harddrive — Alternative form of hard drive.
- hardening — a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardliner — Alternative spelling of hard-liner.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- hardwired — Computers. built into a computer's hardware and thus not readily changed. (of a terminal) connected to a computer by a direct circuit rather than through a switching network.
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- hastilude — A medieval martial game.
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- head lice — lice which lay eggs in human hair
- head mike — a microphone worn on one's head.
- head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
- head wind — wind blowing head-on
- headchair — a chair with a support for the head
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headiness — intoxicating: a heady wine.
- headlight — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- headlined — Simple past tense and past participle of headline.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- headlines — Plural form of headline.
- headpiece — a piece of armor for the head; helmet.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- headright — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- headsails — Plural form of headsail.
- headships — Plural form of headship.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- heathbird — the black grouse
- heaviside — Oliver, 1850–1925, English physicist.
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hemi-head — a cylinder head having hemispherical combustion chambers.
- hendiadys — a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”.
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- hesitated — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.