9-letter words containing i, r, s, h, e
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- harestail — a species of cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum, more tussocky than common cotton grass and having only a single flower head
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- 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.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- heartiest — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- 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
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- heiresses — Plural form of heiress.
- heirlooms — Plural form of heirloom.
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- 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)
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henneries — Plural form of hennery.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- herborist — herbalist.
- heritages — Plural form of heritage.
- hermetics — alchemy
- hermetism — a former religion based on pagan mystical knowledge
- hermetist — a believer in or expounder of hermetism
- hermitess — A female hermit.
- hermitism — the act of living as a hermit
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- heroinism — an addiction to heroin
- heronries — Plural form of heronry.
- hesitater — One who hesitates.
- hesitator — Alternative spelling of hesitater.
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- heterosis — the increase in growth, size, fecundity, function, yield, or other characters in hybrids over those of the parents.
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- hierarchs — Plural form of hierarch.
- high-rise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
- highrises — Plural form of highrise.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hillcrest — The crest of a hill.