9-letter words containing he
- apatheist — (religion) A person who may accept the existence of a god, but who does not care about that god's existence.
- apathetic — If you describe someone as apathetic, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about doing anything.
- apheresis — the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word
- apheretic — Standard spelling of aphaeretic.
- aphetized — (linguistics, of a word) Having undergone aphesis, the removal of an unstressed initial vowel.
- apophenia — (psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.
- apophenic — Of or relating to apophenia.
- apothecia — the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
- apothegms — Plural form of apothegm.
- apothesis — (architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
- appeached — Simple past tense and past participle of appeach.
- apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- arch head — a vertical, arc-shaped member fixed to the end of a walking beam, for supporting a chain from which a pump rod or the like is suspended in such a way as to let it rise and fall vertically.
- archebanc — a bench or settle of the medieval and Renaissance periods, wide enough for several persons and having a seat with a chest beneath, arms at the ends, and a high back.
- archenemy — a chief enemy
- archeress — a female archer
- archetype — An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
- arimathea — a town in ancient Palestine: location unknown
- ark shell — any marine bivalve of the family Arcidae, especially of the genus Arca, characterized by a heavy shell with a toothed hinge and a deep, boatlike inner surface.
- arrhenius — Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903
- arrowhead — An arrowhead is the sharp, pointed part of an arrow.
- arteether — Artemotil.
- asheville — city in W N.C.: pop. 69,000
- atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- athelstan — ?895–939 ad, king of Wessex and Mercia (924–939 ad), who extended his kingdom to include most of England
- athematic — not based on themes
- athenaeum — an institution for the promotion of learning
- athenaeus — late 2nd century a.d, Greek philosopher and rhetorician at Naucratis in Egypt.
- athenians — Plural form of Athenian.
- atheology — a resistance or aversion to theology
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- atherosis — (pathology) atheroma.
- athetesis — the dismissal of a text as not genuine
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athetosis — a condition characterized by uncontrolled rhythmic writhing movement, esp of fingers, hands, head, and tongue, caused by cerebral lesion
- attrahens — (of muscle) drawing or pulling towards
- attrahent — attracting or drawing in
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- avalanche — An avalanche is a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
- bachelors — Plural form of bachelor.
- bachelour — Obsolete form of bachelor.
- back-ache — a pain, especially in the lumbar region of the back, usually caused by the strain of a muscle or ligament.
- back-heel — to strike the ball with one's heel and make it go behind one
- backaches — Plural form of backache.
- backcheck — a valve system in hydraulic doors that controls the door's opening
- backheels — Plural form of backheel.
- bad check — A bad check is a check that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the check.
- badmashes — Plural form of badmash.
- baksheesh — money given as a tip, a present, or alms