9-letter words containing u, n, h, a
- handbound — (of books) bound by hand.
- handcuffs — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- handguard — A guard on the front of a weapon for hand and finger protection, or to allow for attachments to the weapon.
- hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handsturn — an amount of work or the period of time spent doing a piece of work
- hanukkiah — (Judaism) A nine-branched menorah used during Hanukkah.
- harangued — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- haranguer — One who harangues.
- harangues — Plural form of harangue.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- hardbound — (of a book) bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.
- harden up — to tighten the sheets of a sailing vessel so as to prevent luffing
- harlequin — (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
- harmonium — an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet.
- hauntings — Plural form of haunting.
- hauptmann — Gerhart [ger-hahrt] /ˈgɛr hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1862–1946, German dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel Prize 1912.
- haussmann — Georges Eugène [zhawrzh œ-zhen] /ʒɔrʒ œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1809–91, French administrator who improved the landscaping, street designs, and utilities systems of Paris.
- haut-rhin — a department in NE France. 1354 sq. mi. (3505 sq. km). Capital: Colmar.
- hazelnuts — Plural form of hazelnut.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
- herculean — requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
- hifalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hindustan — Persian name of India, especially the part N of the Deccan.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hoarhound — 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.
- honourary — Misspelling of honorary.
- hour hand — the hand that indicates the hours on a clock or watch.
- houstonia — any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
- hu jintao — born 1942, Chinese Communist statesman; president of China (2003–2013)
- huang hai — Yellow Sea.
- huang hua — 1913–2010, Chinese Communist statesman; minister for foreign affairs (1976–83)
- huascaran — a mountain in W Peru, in the Andes. 22,205 feet (6768 meters).
- humanhood — the state or character of being human
- humanised — Simple past tense and past participle of humanise.
- humanists — Plural form of humanist.
- humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humanize.
- humankind — human beings collectively; the human race.
- humanlike — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- humanness — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- humanoids — Plural form of humanoid.
- humectant — a substance that absorbs or helps another substance retain moisture, as glycerol.
- humiliant — humiliating, humbling
- hunchback — a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature. Compare kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis.
- hundredal — Of or pertaining to a hundred (administrative unit).
- hungarian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hungary, its people, or their language.
- huntsmans — (Australia) Plural form of huntsman, in the sense of a spider.
- hurrahing — to shout “hurrah.”.