9-letter words containing ah
- hezbollah — a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel.
- hurrahing — to shout “hurrah.”.
- imambarah — a building, rooms, etc., used by Shiʿites for ceremonies, especially during the first 10 days of Muharram.
- inshallah — If Allah wills it.
- kahikatea — A tall coniferous New Zealand tree used for its timber and resin. Its seeds, which are borne on conspicuous red stems, were formerly eaten by the Maoris.
- kahn test — a test for syphilis based on the formation of a precipitate in a mixture of serum and antigen.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- khansamah — a native house steward or butler.
- kiswahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kumarahou — a shrub, Pomaderris kumeraho, found in the north of New Zealand's North Island, the flowers of which produce a soap-like lather when rubbed
- lehrjahre — an apprenticeship
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- machpelah — the site of a cave, probably in the ancient city of Hebron, where Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah were buried. Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13.
- mah-jongg — a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
- maha yoga — a form of yoga incorporating elements of the other major forms
- maha yuga — a period of 12,000 years, comprising four Yugas.
- mahajanga — a port in NW Madagascar, on Bombetoka Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- maharajah — (formerly) a ruling prince in India, especially of one of the major states.
- maharajas — Plural form of maharaja.
- maharanee — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- maharanis — Plural form of maharani.
- maharishi — a teacher of spiritual and mystical knowledge; religious sage: often used as an honorary title.
- mahi-mahi — the dolphinfish, especially when used as a food fish.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- mahmud ii — 1785–1839, sultan of Turkey 1809–39.
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- maksoorah — (in a mosque) a screen or partition enclosing an area for prayer or a tomb.
- mashallah — Lb Arabic English God willed it.
- mechitzah — mehitzah.
- megahertz — a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second. Abbreviation: MHz.
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- megillahs — Plural form of megillah.
- memsahibs — Plural form of memsahib.
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- metahuman — Superhuman.
- mphahlele — Ezekiel (Es'kia Mphahlele) 1919–2008, South African writer.
- mujahedin — Alt form mujahideen.
- mujahidin — Alternative form of mujahideen; Plural form of mujahid.
- mullahism — governance or rule by mullahs
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- nahuatlan — Nahuatl in all its dialects, often taken as a group of languages, spoken in large areas of central Mexico and El Salvador and in various small, widely dispersed areas throughout southern Mexico and Central America.
- nasiriyah — a city in S Iraq, on the River Euphrates; agricultural and trading centre. Pop: 425 000 (2005 est)
- naugahyde — a brand of synthetic leather made from vinyl-coated fabric
- netanyahu — Benjamin, born 1949, Israeli prime minister 1996–99.
- niah cave — a limestone cave in Sarawak, Borneo, the site of the discovery of one of the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls, dated c38,000 b.c.
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- oklahoman — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- pariahdom — an outcast.
- pariahism — an outcast.
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.