9-letter words starting with he
- here goes — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- here's to — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- hereafter — after this in time or order; at some future time; farther along.
- heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- hereunder — under or below this; subsequent to this.
- heritable — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- heritably — In a heritable manner.
- heritages — Plural form of heritage.
- heritance — inheritance.
- hermandad — an informal police force in Spain
- hermatype — reef-building coral.
- hermetics — alchemy
- hermetism — a former religion based on pagan mystical knowledge
- hermetist — a believer in or expounder of hermetism
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- hermitess — A female hermit.
- hermitism — the act of living as a hermit
- hermitize — To isolate oneself; to become a hermit.
- hernandez — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Argentine poet.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodotus — 484?–425? b.c, Greek historian.
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- heroicize — heroize.
- heroinism — an addiction to heroin
- heronries — Plural form of heronry.
- heronshaw — a heron
- herpetoid — reptilian, reptiliform
- herriment — the act of plundering
- herringer — a person that catches herring
- heseltine — Michael (Ray Dibden) Baron. born 1933, British Conservative politician; secretary of state for defence (1983–86); secretary of state for the environment (1990–92); secretary of state for trade and industry (1992–95); deputy prime minister (1995–97)
- hesitance — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitated — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hesitater — One who hesitates.
- hesitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hesitate.
- hesitator — Alternative spelling of hesitater.
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- hessonite — essonite.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hesychast — one of a sect of mystics that originated in the 14th century among the monks on Mt. Athos, Greece.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- heterodox — not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, especially in theology; unorthodox.
- heteronym — a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
- heteropod — any marine invertebrate with a foot or feet adapted for swimming
- heteroses — Plural form of heterosis.
- heterosex — heterosexuality.
- heterosis — the increase in growth, size, fecundity, function, yield, or other characters in hybrids over those of the parents.