9-letter words containing i, h, e, a
- han river — a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- 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.
- hanefiyeh — (in the courtyard of a mosque) a fountain for ritual washing.
- hang fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- hang five — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang time — the length of time that a football remains in the air after being kicked.
- hankering — a longing; craving.
- hanseatic — of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it.
- happening — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- harbinger — a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
- 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.
- harestail — a species of cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum, more tussocky than common cotton grass and having only a single flower head
- hariolate — to practise divination or to prophesy
- harkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- harlemite — a native or inhabitant of Harlem.
- harlequin — (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
- harlingen — a city in S Texas.
- harmaline — a chemical derived from the harmala plant, used as a hallucinogen or used in conjunction with other hallucinogens
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonize — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harpylike — resembling a harpy
- hashemite — (mineral) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chromium, oxygen, and sulfur.
- hashimite — a member of any Arab dynasty in the Middle East founded by Husein ibn-Ali or his descendants.
- hastening — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- hastilude — A medieval martial game.
- hastiness — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- hate mail — letters, telegrams, etc., that express prejudice or disagreement in abusive or threatening terms.
- haughtier — Comparative form of haughty.
- hauterive — a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada.
- haverhill — a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
- haversian — designating or of the canals through which blood vessels and connective tissue pass in bone
- haversine — one half the versed sine of a given angle or arc.
- hawsepipe — an iron or steel pipe in the stem or bow of a vessel through which an anchor cable passes.
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.