6-letter words containing i, h, r
- hejira — Hegira (def 2).
- herdic — a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.
- herein — in or into this place.
- hering — Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- heriot — a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- hermie — (informal) hermit crab.
- hermit — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hernia — the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroin — a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- herrin — a town in S Illinois.
- hi-res — high-resolution (def 2).
- hicker — an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube.
- hidder — a young ram
- hiders — Plural form of hider.
- hiero- — holy or divine
- hieron — (in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- higher — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- hijrah — the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era.
- hijras — Plural form of hijra.
- hikers — Plural form of hiker.
- hilary — Hilarius, Saint.
- hiller — Dame Wendy, 1912–2003, British actress.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hinger — a tool for making hinges
- hinter — an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- hipper — Also, hipness. the condition or state of being hip.
- hirage — the fee for hiring something
- hircic — Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet.
- hircin — Hircic acid.
- hirees — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- hirers — Plural form of hirer.
- hiring — Present participle of hire.
- hirple — (intransitive, Scotland, northern UK) to walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
- hirsch — John Stephen, 1930–1989, Canadian stage director, born in Hungary.
- hirsel — (Scotland, Northern English) The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd.
- hirsle — to wriggle or fidget while seated
- hisser — One who hisses.
- hither — to or toward this place: to come hither.
- hitler — Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- hitter — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hoenir — a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- hokier — Comparative form of hokey.
- holier — Comparative form of holy; more sacred.
- homier — homey1 .
- horite — an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- hormic — activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- hornie — Satan.
- horrid — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- horsie — (childish) horse.