9-letter words containing n, a, h, l
- handwheel — a wheel, as a valve wheel, turned by hand.
- hangnails — Plural form of hangnail.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- hard lens — a contact lens of rigid plastic or silicon, exerting light pressure on the cornea of the eye, used for correcting various vision problems including astigmatism.
- hard link — (file system) One of several directory entries which refer to the same Unix file. A hard link is created with the "ln" (link) command: ln
where and are pathnames within the same file system. Hard links to the same file are indistinguishable from each other except that they have different pathnames. They all refer to the same inode and the inode contains all the information about a file. The standard ln command does not usually allow you to create a hard link to a directory, chiefly because the standard rm and rmdir commands do not allow you to delete such a link. Some systems provide link and unlink commands which give direct access to the system calls of the same name, for which no such restrictions apply. Normally all hard links to a file must be in the same file system because a directory entry just relates a pathname to an inode within the same file system. The only exception is a mount point. The restrictions on hard links to directories and between file systems are very common but are not mandated by POSIX. Symbolic links are often used instead of hard links because they do not suffer from these restrictions. The space associated with a file is not freed until all the hard links to the file are deleted. This explains why the system call to delete a file is called "unlink". - hard loan — a foreign loan which is to be paid back in an agreed currency which has stability and economic strength
- hard-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- hardliner — Alternative spelling of hard-liner.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- harlequin — (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
- harlingen — a city in S Texas.
- harmaline — a chemical derived from the harmala plant, used as a hallucinogen or used in conjunction with other hallucinogens
- hatchling — a young bird, reptile, or fish recently emerged from an egg.
- hazelnuts — Plural form of hazelnut.
- headlands — Plural form of headland.
- headlined — Simple past tense and past participle of headline.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- headlines — Plural form of headline.
- healingly — in a healing manner, intended to heal
- heartland — the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
- heartling — a term of endearment, little heart
- heathland — An extensive area of heath.
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- heliconia — any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles
- heliozoan — a protozoan of the order Heliozoa, having a spherical body and radiating pseudopods.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- helvetian — of or relating to Helvetia or the Helvetii.
- heraklion — Iraklion
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- hexathlon — an athletic contest consisting of six different events
- hifalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highlands — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- hill myna — an Asian bird of the genus Gracula, of the starling family Sturnidae, especially G. religiosa, that has glossy black plumage and yellow neck wattles and is easily tamed and taught to mimic speech.
- hillerman — Tony, 1925–2008, U.S. novelist and anthropologist.
- himalayan — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- hindafell — Hindfell.
- hitlerian — of or relating to Adolf Hitler or his regime
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- hog latin — pig Latin.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- hollandia — former name of Jayapura.
- holy land — Palestine (def 1).
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.