9-letter words containing r, l, e, s
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- helsingør — a port in NE Denmark, in NE Zealand: site of Kronborg Castle (16th century), famous as the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Pop: 35 002 (2004 est)
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hillcrest — The crest of a hill.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- hirelings — Plural form of hireling.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- hollister — a town in W California.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- honorless — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- horse fly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- horseless — (of a vehicle) not drawn by a horse or horses.
- 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.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- 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.
- humorless — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrolyse — Alternative spelling of hydrolyze.
- idolaters — Plural form of idolater.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- inclosers — Plural form of incloser.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- ingersoll — Robert Green, 1833–99, U.S. lawyer, political leader, and orator.
- innersole — insole.
- inselberg — monadnock (def 1).
- inshelter — to put in a shelter
- installer — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- instiller — One who instills.
- insurable — capable of being or proper to be insured, as against loss or harm.
- integrals — Plural form of integral.
- interlisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed in 1967 by Bolt, Beranek and Newman (Cambridge, MA) as a descendant of BBN-Lisp. It emphasises user interfaces. It is currently[?] supported by Xerox PARC. Interlisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being MACLISP). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both. Interlisp includes a Lisp programming environment. It is dynamically scoped. LAMBDA functions evaluate their arguments, NLAMBDA functions do not. Any function could be called with optional arguments. See also AM, CLISP, Interlisp-10, Interlisp-D.
- internals — situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- inversely — in an inverse manner.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irish elk — an extinct deerlike mammal of the genus Megaceros (Megaloceros), of the Pleistocene Epoch, having in the male extremely large, broad antlers.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- islanders — Plural form of islander.
- israelite — a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.