9-letter words containing i, n, h
- hindberry — a raspberry
- hindbrain — the most posterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue, including the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata; rhombencephalon.
- hindemith — Paul, 1895–1963, U.S. composer, born in Germany.
- hindenbug — (humour) A catastrophic, data-destroying bug, after the 1937 Hindenburg airship disaster.
- hindering — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hindlimbs — Plural form of hindlimb alternative spelling of hind limbs.
- hindooism — the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hindshank — the meat from an animal's hind leg
- hindsight — recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision etc., after its occurrence.
- hindustan — Persian name of India, especially the part N of the Deccan.
- hinkypunk — (West Country) a will o' the wisp.
- hintingly — In a hinting manner.
- hip joint — a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone.
- hiplength — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- hipped on — greatly interested or preoccupied, almost to an irrational extent; obsessed (usually followed by on): He's hipped on learning to play the tuba.
- hipped-on — greatly interested or preoccupied, almost to an irrational extent; obsessed (usually followed by on): He's hipped on learning to play the tuba.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirelings — Plural form of hireling.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hirundine — of, relating to, or resembling the swallow.
- hispanism — a movement in Latin America for the promotion of Spanish or of native culture and influence. Compare hispanidad.
- hispanist — a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.
- hissingly — in a hissing manner
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histidine — an essential amino acid, C 3 H 3 N 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, that is a constituent of proteins and is important as the iron-binding site in hemoglobin. Symbol: H. Abbreviation: His;
- historian — an expert in history; authority on history.
- hit skins — to have sexual intercourse
- hitchings — George Herbert, 1905–98, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1988.
- hitlerian — of or relating to Adolf Hitler or his regime
- hive mind — the property of apparent sentience in a colony of social insects acting as a single organism, each insect performing a specific role for the good of the group.
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.
- hoariness — The characteristic of being hoary.
- hoatching — infested; swarming
- hobbesian — a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
- hobgoblin — something causing superstitious fear; a bogy.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- hog latin — pig Latin.
- hoidenish — Alternative form of hoydenish.
- hojillion — (slang, hyperbole, rare) An unspecified large number (of).
- hol-unity — A verification tool for UNITY? Version 2.1. E-mail: Flemming Andersen <[email protected]>?
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holderlin — Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.
- holinesse — Obsolete spelling of holiness.
- holinshed — Raphael, died c1580, English chronicler.
- hollandia — former name of Jayapura.
- hollering — to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- holliston — a city in NE Massachusetts.