9-letter words containing i, n, h, u
- hindenbug — (humour) A catastrophic, data-destroying bug, after the 1937 Hindenburg airship disaster.
- hindustan — Persian name of India, especially the part N of the Deccan.
- hinkypunk — (West Country) a will o' the wisp.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hirundine — of, relating to, or resembling the swallow.
- hol-unity — A verification tool for UNITY? Version 2.1. E-mail: Flemming Andersen <[email protected]>?
- home unit — a self-contained residence which is part of a series of similar residences
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honouring — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- houndfish — Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
- houseline — light cordage used for seizing.
- houstonia — any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
- hu jintao — born 1942, Chinese Communist statesman; president of China (2003–2013)
- huang hai — Yellow Sea.
- huffiness — The property of being huffy.
- hui-tsung — 1082–1135, emperor of China 1101–26: painter and patron of art.
- humanised — Simple past tense and past participle of humanise.
- humanists — Plural form of humanist.
- humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humanize.
- humankind — human beings collectively; the human race.
- humanlike — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- humanoids — Plural form of humanoid.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- humidness — Humidity.
- humiliant — humiliating, humbling
- humouring — humor.
- hungarian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hungary, its people, or their language.
- hungering — Present participle of hunger.
- hungriest — Superlative form of hungry.
- hunkering — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- huon pine — a coniferous tree, Dacrydium franklinii, of Tasmania, having very small cones and yielding timber.
- hurrahing — to shout “hurrah.”.
- hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- huskiness — big and strong; burly.
- huskisson — William, 1770–1830, British statesman and financier.
- hussein i — 1935–1999, king of Jordan 1953–99.
- hydronium — (inorganic chemistry) the hydrated hydrogen ion, H3O+.
- ibn rushd — Arabic name of Averroës.
- ibn-rushd — Averroës
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- in a huff — indignant
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in shtuck — in trouble