9-letter words containing en
- heightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heighten.
- heisenbug — (jargon) /hi:'zen-buhg/ (From Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle in quantum physics) A bug that disappears or alters its behaviour when one attempts to probe or isolate it. (This usage is not even particularly fanciful; the use of a debugger sometimes alters a program's operating environment enough that buggy code, such as that which relies on the values of uninitialised memory, behaves quite differently.) In C, nine out of ten heisenbugs result from uninitialised auto variables, fandango on core phenomena (especially corruption of the malloc arena) or errors that smash the stack. Opposite: Bohr bug. See also mandelbug, schroedinbug.
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- hell-bent — stubbornly or recklessly determined.
- hellenism — ancient Greek culture or ideals.
- hellenist — a person, especially in ancient times, adopting Greek speech, ideas, or customs.
- hellenize — to make Greek in character.
- help menu — the place on a computer where you can get help and advice
- hemogenia — pseudohemophilia.
- hemogenic — Of, or relating to the production of blood cells.
- hen fruit — a hen's egg or eggs.
- hen night — A hen night is a party for a woman who is getting married very soon, to which only women are invited.
- hen party — a party or gathering for women only.
- hen-house — a shelter for poultry.
- henderson — Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
- hendiadys — a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”.
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henequens — Plural form of henequen.
- henhouses — Plural form of henhouse.
- henneries — Plural form of hennery.
- hennishly — in a hennish manner
- henpecked — browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.: a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
- henrician — of or having to do with the reign, policies, etc. of any king named Henry, esp. Henry VIII of England
- henrietta — a female given name, form of Henry.
- henry iii — 1017–56, king of Germany 1039–56 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1046–56 (son of Conrad II).
- henry vii — ("Henry of Luxembourg") 1275?–1313, king of Germany 1309–13 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1312–13.
- herriment — the act of plundering
- hiddenite — a rare, transparent variety of spodumene, colored yellow-green to emerald-green by chromium: used as a gem.
- hindenbug — (humour) A catastrophic, data-destroying bug, after the 1937 Hindenburg airship disaster.
- hiplength — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- hoarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of hoarsen.
- hohenlohe — a member of a German princely family, fl. 12th to 19th centuries.
- hoidenish — Alternative form of hoydenish.
- homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hot fence — an electric fence surrounding a farm
- hottentot — Khoikhoi.
- how then? — what is the meaning of this?
- hoydenish — a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- hoydenism — The behaviour of a hoyden.
- huguenots — a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
- hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
- hyenalike — Resembling a hyena or some aspect of one.
- hygienics — hygiene (def 1).
- hygienist — an expert in hygiene.
- hymenaean — someone who adheres to the hymenaean belief that there will be no future resurrection
- hymeneals — (plurale tantum) Nuptials.
- hyphenate — to join by a hyphen.
- hyphening — Present participle of hyphen.
- hyphenism — dual patriotic loyalty