9-letter words containing n, e, d, r
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- henderson — Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- hereunder — under or below this; subsequent to this.
- hermandad — an informal police force in Spain
- hernandez — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Argentine poet.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- hindberry — a raspberry
- hindering — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hirundine — of, relating to, or resembling the swallow.
- hoarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of hoarsen.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holderlin — Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- horehound — an Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, having downy leaves and small, whitish flowers, and containing a bitter, medicinal juice that is used as an expectorant, vermifuge, and laxative.
- hornyhead — species of fish
- horsepond — A pond for watering horses.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- hundredal — Of or pertaining to a hundred (administrative unit).
- hundreder — An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred (administrative subdivision).
- hundredth — next after the ninety-ninth; being the ordinal number for 100.
- husbander — A person who husbands resources.
- hydramine — an amine derived from a glycol in which one hydroxyl is replaced by an amino group.
- hydrangea — any shrub belonging to the genus Hydrangea, of the saxifrage family, several species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flower clusters of white, pink, or blue.
- hydrazine — Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N 2 H 4 , that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .
- hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
- hydrovane — a vane on a seaplane conferring stability on water (a sponson) or facilitating take off (a hydrofoil)
- icelander — a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- impounder — One who impounds.
- imprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of imprint.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- in sunder — into pieces; apart
- in-tender — to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.
- inbreeder — a plant that pollinates itself
- increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- increated — Simple past tense and past participle of increate.
- incrested — Simple past tense and past participle of increst.
- incrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of incross.
- incrusted — Alternative spelling of encrusted.
- indearing — Present participle of indear.
- indeavors — Plural form of indeavor.
- indeavour — Archaic form of endeavour.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.