9-letter words starting with h
- halitosis — a condition of having offensive-smelling breath; bad breath.
- halitotic — of or relating to halitosis
- halituous — (obsolete) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
- hall pass — permit to leave classroom
- hall tree — a stand or post having hooks or knobs for holding coats and hats; hatrack or clothes tree.
- halleluja — Alternative spelling of hallelujah.
- halliards — Plural form of halliard.
- hallmarks — Plural form of hallmark.
- hallooing — Present participle of halloo.
- halloween — the evening of October 31; the eve of All Saints' Day; Allhallows Eve: observed especially by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks.
- hallowing — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- hallowmas — the feast of Allhallows or All Saints' Day, on November 1.
- hallstand — A piece of furniture, near to an outside door, on which hats and coats are hung, and umbrellas are stored.
- hallstatt — of, relating to, or belonging to a variously dated early period of Iron Age culture in Europe, characterized by the use of bronze, the introduction of iron, and by artistic work in pottery, jewelry, etc.
- halmahera — an island in NE Indonesia: the largest of the Moluccas. 6928 sq. mi. (17,944 sq. km).
- halobiont — an organism that thrives in a saline environment.
- halocline — a well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water.
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- halogeton — a poisonous herbaceous plant, native to Siberia, that grows in North America
- halomancy — Divination by use of salt. This is the origin for the superstition of spilled salt.
- halophile — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophily — the ability or predisposition to thrive in an extremely salty environment
- halophobe — a creature that is unable to live in salty conditions
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- halothane — a colorless liquid, C 2 HBrClF 3 , used as an inhalant for general anesthesia.
- halt sign — a sign instructing traffic to stop and then proceed only if the road ahead is clear
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- haltingly — faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
- halysites — an extinct genus comprising the chain corals.
- hamadryad — Classical Mythology. a dryad who is the spirit of a particular tree.
- hamadryas — A large baboon, Papio hamadryas, from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt.
- hamamatsu — a city on S central Honshu, in central Japan.
- hamamelis — (botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels.
- hamantash — hamantasch.
- hamartoma — (pathology) A benign mass of disorganized tissue.
- hamburger — a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped beef, usually in a roll or bun, variously garnished.
- hamfatter — a second-rate or ineffectual actor
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hamiltons — Plural form of hamilton.
- hammering — The sound or action of hammering something.
- hammerkop — A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the Scopidae family and related to the herons.
- hammerman — A hammerer; a forgeman.
- hammertoe — a clawlike deformity of a toe, usually the second or third, in which there is a permanent flexion of the second and third joints.
- hamminess — The state of being hammy.
- hammocked — Ensconced in a hammock.
- hammonton — a town in S New Jersey.
- hammurabi — 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.