9-letter words containing n, a, s
- handshape — (in sign language) the held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular sign.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handsomes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsome.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- handstaff — a small spear
- handstamp — an implement for stamping an impression
- handstand — an act or instance of supporting the body in a vertical position by balancing on the palms of the hands.
- handsturn — an amount of work or the period of time spent doing a piece of work
- hangerson — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- hangnails — Plural form of hangnail.
- hangovers — Plural form of hangover.
- hankerers — Plural form of hankerer.
- hansberry — Lorraine, 1930–65, U.S. playwright.
- hanseatic — of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it.
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- happen-so — chance; happenstance; accident: Meeting you today was pure happen-so.
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- happyness — Misspelling of happiness.
- harangues — Plural form of harangue.
- harassing — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- 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 news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hard sign — the Cyrillic letter Ъ, ъ as used in Russian to indicate that the preceding consonant is not palatalized: not in official use since 1918.
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- hardeners — Plural form of hardener.
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- hardstand — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonist — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harnessed — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harnesser — One who harnesses.
- harnesses — Plural form of harness.
- harridans — Plural form of harridan.
- harshened — Simple past tense and past participle of harshen.
- harshness — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- hartshorn — the antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- hasmonean — a member of a priestly family of Jewish rulers and leaders in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries b.c.
- hassan ii — 1929–1999, king of Morocco 1961–99.
- hastening — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- hastiness — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- hat stand — tall structure to hang hats on
- hatchings — Plural form of hatching.
- hauntings — Plural form of haunting.