9-letter words containing o, n, h, a
- garnishor — (legal) A person who garnishes; one who obtains a garnishment against another.
- gazehound — one of any of several breeds of hounds, as the Afghan, borzoi, greyhound, Saluki, or whippet, that hunts by sighting the game rather than by scent.
- gianthood — the condition of being a giant
- gnathonic — sycophantic; fawning.
- goliathan — huge; gigantic
- goncharov — Ivan Alexandrovich [ih-vahn al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-,, ahy-vuh n;; Russian ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ɪˈvɑn ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˈaɪ vən;; Russian iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1812–91, Russian novelist.
- gonorrhea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
- gonotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a gonangium.
- granolith — a composition stone for pavements, made from crushed granite or the like and cement.
- grayhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- guangzhou — Canton.
- haakon iv — surnamed Haakonsson. 1204–63, king of Norway (1217–63). He strengthened the monarchy and extended Norwegian territory to include Iceland and Greenland
- haanepoot — a type of white wine made from the Hanepoot grape
- habergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- hacendado — the owner of a hacienda.
- hachinohe — a city in N Honshu, Japan.
- hackathon — a usually competitive event in which people work in groups on software or hardware projects, with the goal of creating a functioning product by the end of the event: At the hackathon our team produced an app that helps you monitor your sleeping habits.
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- hailstone — a pellet of hail.
- halcyonic — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halesowen — a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 273 (2001)
- half note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half tone — semitone.
- half-done — past participle of do1 .
- 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
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- 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.
- halobiont — an organism that thrives in a saline environment.
- halocline — a well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water.
- 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.
- halothane — a colorless liquid, C 2 HBrClF 3 , used as an inhalant for general anesthesia.
- hamiltons — Plural form of hamilton.
- hammonton — a town in S New Jersey.
- hand down — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand horn — a forerunner of the modern French horn, developed in Germany during the mid-17th century.
- hand over — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand tool — handheld instrument
- hand-roll — (jargon) (From mainstream slang "hand-rolled cigarette" in opposition to "ready-made") To perform a normally automated software installation or configuration process by hand; implies that the normal process failed due to bugs or was defeated by something exceptional in the local environment. "The worst thing about being a gateway between four different nets is having to hand-roll a new sendmail configuration every time any of them upgrades."
- hand-tool — tool (defs 8, 9).
- handblown — (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe: handblown crystal.
- handbooks — Plural form of handbook.
- handbound — (of books) bound by hand.
- handholds — Plural form of handhold.
- handiwork — work done by hand.