9-letter words containing m, i, h, r
- heirlooms — Plural form of heirloom.
- helidrome — a small airport for helicopters
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- 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).
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- hermetics — alchemy
- hermetism — a former religion based on pagan mystical knowledge
- hermetist — a believer in or expounder of hermetism
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- hermitess — A female hermit.
- hermitism — the act of living as a hermit
- hermitize — To isolate oneself; to become a hermit.
- heroinism — an addiction to heroin
- herriment — the act of plundering
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
- hierogram — a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like.
- hieromonk — a monk who is also a priest.
- hill farm — a farm in a high area, usually concentrating on sheep, because of the lack of winter fodder
- hillerman — Tony, 1925–2008, U.S. novelist and anthropologist.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- himyarite — one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.
- hiroshima — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
- hirsutism — excessive hairiness, especially in women.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- homebirth — Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- homefries — Plural form of homefry.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- homiliary — a collection of homilies.
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- 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
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- hybridism — Also, hybridity [hahy-brid-i-tee] /haɪˈbrɪd ɪ ti/ (Show IPA). the quality or condition of being hybrid.
- 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.
- hydraemia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydramide — (organic compound) One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.