9-letter words containing o, h, a
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- hadrosaur — a bipedal dinosaur of the genus Hadrosaurus, belonging to the ornithopod family Hadrosauridae of the late Cretaceous Period, having broad, flat jaws for scooping up water plants.
- haematoid — resembling blood
- haematoma — Alternative form of hematoma.
- haemocoel — (biology) A cavity, between the organs of arthropods and mollusks, through which the blood etc. circulates.
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- haemolyse — to break down red blood cells so that haemoglobin is released
- haemostat — A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
- haftaroth — Plural form of haftarah.
- hagiology — the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
- hail from — to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
- hailstone — a pellet of hail.
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- hair loss — the loss of human hair from the head; balding
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
- hairworms — Plural form of hairworm.
- halcyonic — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- half boot — a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
- half hose — short hose; socks.
- half note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half tone — semitone.
- half-boot — a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
- half-cock — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-done — past participle of do1 .
- half-hose — socks
- half-hour — a period of 30 minutes.
- half-long — (of a speech sound) of intermediate length; neither short nor fully long.
- half-moon — the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.
- half-note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- half-oval — having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
- half-sole — to repair or renew (a shoe) by putting on a new half sole.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- halitosis — a condition of having offensive-smelling breath; bad breath.
- halitotic — of or relating to halitosis
- halituous — (obsolete) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
- hallooing — Present participle of halloo.
- halloween — the evening of October 31; the eve of All Saints' Day; Allhallows Eve: observed especially by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks.
- hallowing — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- hallowmas — the feast of Allhallows or All Saints' Day, on November 1.
- halobiont — an organism that thrives in a saline environment.
- halocline — a well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water.
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- halogeton — a poisonous herbaceous plant, native to Siberia, that grows in North America
- halomancy — Divination by use of salt. This is the origin for the superstition of spilled salt.
- halophile — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophily — the ability or predisposition to thrive in an extremely salty environment
- halophobe — a creature that is unable to live in salty conditions