9-letter words containing o, h, a
- hypoderma — hypodermis.
- hypomania — a mania of low intensity.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hyponasty — increased growth along the lower surface of a plant or plant part, causing it to bend upward.
- hypophora — (rhetoric) A device in which the author poses a question which is in turn answered.
- hypopneas — Plural form of hypopnea.
- hypopnoea — Alternative spelling of hypopnea.
- hypospray — (science fiction) A kind of jet injector.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hypotonia — An abnormal loss of muscle tone.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- in a hole — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- indochina — a peninsula in SE Asia, between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, W Malaysia, and Burma (Myanmar).
- inhabitor — One who inhabits.
- inhalator — an apparatus designed to mix carbon dioxide and oxygen, especially for use in artificial respiration.
- inharmony — Lack of harmony.
- iron hand — strict or harsh control: The general governed the country with an iron hand.
- isanthous — having regular flowers.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- isohaline — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- jazz shoe — a man's plain, close-fitting, low-heeled oxford made of soft leather or other material and having a thin, flexible sole, worn for jazz dancing.
- job share — If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
- job-share — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- johannine — of or relating to the apostle John or to the books in the New Testament attributed to him.
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- johnboats — Plural form of johnboat.
- kagoshima — a seaport on S Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- kantharos — a deep bowl set upon a stem terminating in a foot and having two handles rising from the brim and curving downward to join the body.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- karpathos — an island off the SE coast of Greece, part of the Dodecanese Islands, in the Aegean Sea. 110 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- kniphofia — Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
- kobenhavn — Danish name of Copenhagen.
- kokoschka — Oskar [aws-kahr] /ˈɔs kɑr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1980, Austrian painter and dramatist.
- koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kumarahou — a shrub, Pomaderris kumeraho, found in the north of New Zealand's North Island, the flowers of which produce a soap-like lather when rubbed
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.