9-letter words containing r, h, o, e, a
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hot water — trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- houseware — Homeware.
- hyalomere — the transparent part of a blood platelet, surrounding the chromomere.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrovane — a vane on a seaplane conferring stability on water (a sponson) or facilitating take off (a hydrofoil)
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hypernova — (astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
- hyperopia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hypoderma — hypodermis.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- 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.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- logorrhea — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- menorrhea — menstrual flow.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- nathemore — nevermore
- near home — concerning one deeply
- nearshore — extending from or occurring along a shore.
- negrohead — a type of low-quality India rubber
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- north sea — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- oenothera — any plant of the large taxonomically complicated American genus Oenothera, typically having yellow flowers that open in the evening: family Onagraceae
- ogee arch — an arch, each haunch of which is an ogee with the concave side uppermost.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- on shares — with each person concerned taking a share of the profit or loss
- opera hat — a man's tall, collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric. Also called gibus. Compare beaver1 (def 4), silk hat, top hat.
- orcharder — One who owns or operates an orchard.
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
- orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- other man — a man who is romantically or sexually involved with another man's wife or lover, especially a man who is having an affair with a married woman.