9-letter words containing o, h, r, i
- hiroshige — Ando [ahn-daw] /ˈɑnˈdɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Tokube") 1797–1858, Japanese painter.
- hiroshima — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- historian — an expert in history; authority on history.
- historied — abounding in notable history; having an illustrious past; storied: Italy is a richly historied land.
- histories — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- historify — to make something part of history or to tell the history of something
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.
- hoariness — The characteristic of being hoary.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holarctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
- hold fire — If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
- holderlin — Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- hollering — to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- hollister — a town in W California.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- holy writ — the Scriptures.
- homebirth — Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- homefries — Plural form of homefry.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- homiliary — a collection of homilies.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- honoraria — a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.
- honorific — Also, honorifical. doing or conferring honor.
- honouring — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- hoofprint — the impression made by an animal's hoof.
- hookerish — Lb slang Resembling or befitting a prostitute.
- hoop iron — iron in the form of thin strips for bonding masonry, holding barrels together, etc.
- hooraying — Present participle of hooray.
- hoovering — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- horiatiki — a traditional Greek salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, onion, olives, and feta cheese
- horizonal — relating to the horizon
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.
- hornbills — Plural form of hornbill.
- horniness — consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- hornpipes — Plural form of hornpipe.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- hornywink — a lapwing
- horologic — of or relating to horology.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horribley — Misspelling of horribly.
- horridest — Superlative form of horrid.
- horrified — showing or indicating great shock or horror: a horrified gasp; a horrified expression.
- horrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horrify.
- horsefish — moonfish (def 1).
- horsehair — a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
- horsehide — the hide of a horse.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.