9-letter words containing i, r, h
- harrowing — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- hat trick — Cricket. the knocking off by one bowler of three wickets with three successive pitches: so called because formerly such a bowler was rewarded with a hat.
- hat-trick — Cricket. the knocking off by one bowler of three wickets with three successive pitches: so called because formerly such a bowler was rewarded with a hat.
- hatinator — a small decorative hat, worn on social occasions
- haughtier — Comparative form of haughty.
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- haut-rhin — a department in NE France. 1354 sq. mi. (3505 sq. km). Capital: Colmar.
- 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.
- havildars — Plural form of havildar.
- haworthia — any of various succulent plants of the genus Haworthia, native to South Africa, having densely overlapping, often warty leaves clustered in rosettes.
- hazarding — Present participle of hazard.
- 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 trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
- 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.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- 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.
- healthier — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- heartiest — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- heartikin — a term of endearment: 'little heart'
- heartling — a term of endearment, little heart
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- heartsink — a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat
- heathbird — the black grouse
- 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).
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- heidegger — Martin, 1889–1976, German philosopher and writer.
- heilbronn — a city in N Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- heiresses — Plural form of heiress.
- heirlooms — Plural form of heirloom.
- heliborne — transported by helicopter: heliborne troops.
- helidrome — a small airport for helicopters
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helldiver — a grebe, especially the pied-billed grebe.
- hellinger — Mark, 1903–47, U.S. writer and film producer.
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- helsingør — a port in NE Denmark, in NE Zealand: site of Kronborg Castle (16th century), famous as the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Pop: 35 002 (2004 est)
- hematuria — the presence of blood in the urine.
- hemihedry — the quality or state of a crystal having hemihedral shape
- hemiliver — Lb anatomy Half of the liver.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- hemitrope — twin1 (def 5).