9-letter words containing w, h
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- harrowing — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- hatchways — Plural form of hatchway.
- hawk moth — any of numerous moths of the family Sphingidae, noted for their very swift flight and ability to hover while sipping nectar from flowers.
- hawk-eyed — having very keen sight: a hawk-eyed guard.
- hawkbills — Plural form of hawkbill.
- hawke bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the E coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- hawkishly — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawksbill — A small tropical sea turtle with hooked jaws and overlapping horny plates on the shell, extensively hunted as the traditional source of tortoiseshell.
- hawksmoor — Nicholas, 1661–1736, English architect.
- hawkweeds — Plural form of hawkweed.
- haworthia — any of various succulent plants of the genus Haworthia, native to South Africa, having densely overlapping, often warty leaves clustered in rosettes.
- hawsehole — a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.
- hawsepipe — an iron or steel pipe in the stem or bow of a vessel through which an anchor cable passes.
- hawthorne — Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
- hawthorny — resembling or characterized by hawthorns
- hazelwood — a town in E Missouri.
- head wall — a cliff or steep slope rising at one end of a glaciated valley.
- head wind — wind blowing head-on
- headwards — backwards beyond the original source
- headwater — A tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source.
- headwinds — Plural form of headwind.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- heartwood — the hard central wood of the trunk of an exogenous tree; duramen.
- heartworm — a parasitic nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, transmitted by mosquito and invading the heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs, wolves, and foxes throughout its range in tropical, subtropical and, more recently, temperate regions around the world.
- heat wave — an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
- heatwaves — Plural form of heatwave.
- hedgerows — Plural form of hedgerow.
- hell week — the week of hazing before initiation into a college fraternity or sorority.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- hellwards — towards hell
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- heronshaw — a heron
- hick town — an insulting way of referring to a small town in the countryside that is not deemed to be very sophisticated
- hicks yew — a hybrid yew, Taxus media hicksii, having a columnar manner of growth.
- hideaways — Plural form of hideaway.
- high wine — Often, high wines. Distilling. a distillate containing a high percentage of alcohol.
- high wire — a tightrope stretched very high above the ground.
- highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.
- hind wing — the second, posterior, or metathoracic wing of an insect.
- hogwaller — Alternative spelling of hog waller.
- hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold sway — have influence
- hold with — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holloware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- hollowest — Superlative form of hollow.
- hollowing — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.