9-letter words containing i, r, h
- horologic — of or relating to horology.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horribley — Misspelling of horribly.
- horridest — Superlative form of horrid.
- horrified — showing or indicating great shock or horror: a horrified gasp; a horrified expression.
- horrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horrify.
- horsefish — moonfish (def 1).
- horsehair — a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
- horsehide — the hide of a horse.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- horseshit — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horsiness — The quality of being, or resembling, a horse.
- hortation — The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
- hortative — hortatory.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- housegirl — A young woman employed to do housework.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- hubristic — excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humbert i — (Umberto I) 1844–1900, king of Italy 1878–1900.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- humorists — Plural form of humorist.
- humouring — humor.
- humourist — (British) alternative spelling of humorist.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- 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.
- 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.
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- hutterite — a member of an Anabaptist sect following the principles of Jacob Hutter (d. 1536) of Moravia and practicing community of goods and nonconformity.
- hybridise — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hybridism — Also, hybridity [hahy-brid-i-tee] /haɪˈbrɪd ɪ ti/ (Show IPA). the quality or condition of being hybrid.
- hybridist — someone who hybridizes or cross-breeds (animals or plants)
- hybridity — Also, hybridity [hahy-brid-i-tee] /haɪˈbrɪd ɪ ti/ (Show IPA). the quality or condition of being hybrid.
- hybridize — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- hybridous — of or relating to a hybrid
- hybristic — hubris.
- hyder ali — 1722–82, Islamic prince and military leader of India: ruler of Mysore 1759–82.
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- hydraemia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.