9-letter words containing r, h, e, u
- headguard — a padded helmet worn to protect the head in contact sports such as rugby and boxing
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
- hearthrug — A rug laid in front of a fireplace to protect the carpet or floor.
- hematuria — the presence of blood in the urine.
- hen fruit — a hen's egg or eggs.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- hereunder — under or below this; subsequent to this.
- herodotus — 484?–425? b.c, Greek historian.
- heucheras — Plural form of heuchera.
- heuneburg — an excavated prehistoric site in S Germany, near Ulm, consisting chiefly of a great early Iron Age fortification dating mostly to the second half of the first millennium b.c. and indicating that the inhabitants carried on an extensive trade with cities in the eastern Mediterranean.
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hierodule — a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- higher-up — a person in a position of higher authority in an organization; superior.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- hiphugger — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hippurite — an extinct type of bivalve mollusc (family Hippuritidae) found as fossils from the late Cretaceous period
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirsuties — Hirsutism.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hirundine — of, relating to, or resembling the swallow.
- hold true — If a general statement holds true in particular circumstances, or if your previous statement holds true in different circumstances, it is true or valid in those circumstances.
- home rule — self-government in local matters by a city, province, state, colony, or the like.
- homebuyer — a person who buys or expects to buy a house.
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- hordeolum — sty2 .
- 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.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- house red — a red wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housegirl — A young woman employed to do housework.
- houseroom — lodging or accommodation in a house.
- houseware — Homeware.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- huaraches — Plural form of huarache.
- hucksters — Plural form of huckster.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humbert i — (Umberto I) 1844–1900, king of Italy 1878–1900.
- humbucker — (music) A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series - to
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- hummeller — a person, machine or tool which removes the awns or beards from barley
- humoredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) American standard spelling of humouredly.
- humorless — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humorsome — Alternative form of humoursome.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hundredal — Of or pertaining to a hundred (administrative unit).