9-Letter Words Starting with H

All 411 nine-letter words that start with H: page 1 of 2

HA

• habitable16adj. Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for...
• habituate14v. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
• hackamore20n. A kind of bridle with no bit.
• hackathon21n. An event where programmers and others meet for collaborative software...
• hackberry23n. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the...
• hackneyed22adj. Repeated too often.
• hackspace22n. Synonym of hackerspace.
• hadrosaur13n. Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
• haematoma16n. UK standard spelling of hematoma.
• hailstone12n. A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation.
• hairbrush17n. A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair.
• haircolor14n. Artificial hair coloring.
• hairdryer16n. A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of...
• hairiness12n. The characteristic of being hairy.
• hairpiece16n. A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.
• hairstyle15n. The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.
• halfcourt17n. The middle of the court, at and near the center line.
• halfpence19n. A halfpenny.
• halfpenny20n. A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny...
• halfwidth22adj. Of a text character, occupying the space of half of a fullwidth...
• halitosis12n. The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.
• hallowing16n. The act by which something is hallowed.
• halocline14n. A strong, vertical salinity gradient; the (sometimes indistinct) border...
• halothane15n. The halogenated hydrocarbon 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane that...
• haltingly16adv. In a halting or limping manner; full of pauses or hesitation.
• hamadryas18n. A large baboon (Papio hamadryas), from northern Africa and Arabia, that...
• hamamelis16n. Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels.
• hamartoma16n. A noncancerous, mostly benign, local malformation of cells, due to an...
• hamburger17n. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat...
• hammering17n. A period of being beaten or hammered.
• hammerman18n. A hammerer; a forgeman.
• hampering17n. That which hampers; an impediment.
• hamstring15n. One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space...
• handblown18adj. Blown by hand, without the use of machinery.
• handbrake19n. A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until...
• handbuilt15adj. Which is built by hand.
• handclasp17n. A handshake.
• handcraft18n. Handicraft.
• handcuffs21n. A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a...
• handguard15n. A guard on the front of a weapon for hand and finger protection, or to...
• handiness13n. The quality or state of being handy.
• handiwork20n. Work done by the hands.
• handlebar15n. The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using...
• handphone18n. A mobile phone.
• handpiece17n. The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in...
• handprint15n. A visible mark left on a surface by the contact of a hand, not limited...
• handshake20n. The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or...
• handshape18n. The held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular...
• handstand14n. The act of standing on one's hands, most often in an inverted way.
• handwheel19n. Any wheel worked by hand, whether used to allow leverage, as of a valve...
• handwoven19adj. Woven by hand, or with a hand-operated loom.
• handwrite16v. To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not...
• hankering17n. A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
• haphazard27adj. Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.
• haplessly17adv. In a hapless manner.
• haplotype19n. A haploid genotype: a group of alleles that are transmitted together.
• happening17adj. Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
• happiness16n. The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
• harassing13adj. Characterized by harassment; pestering, intimidating.
• harbinger15n. A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone...
• harborage15n. A place for refuge for a vessel.
• harboured15adj. Having a harbour.
• hardboard16n. A high-density chipboard.
• hardbound16adj. Having a hardcover; hardback.
• hardcoded17adj. Having values that are constants rather than variables.
• hardcourt15n. A tennis court having a hard surface, frequently concrete.
• hardcover18n. A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.
• hardening14n. The process by which something hardens.
• hardihood17n. Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that...
• hardiness13n. The quality of being able to withstand fatigue and hardship; (of a...
• hardpoint15n. Part of an airframe designed to carry an external load such as a...
• hardscape17n. The permanent, artificial features of a landscape made from stone etc...
• hardshell16adj. Having a tough outer shell.
• hardstand14n. Open ground, having a hard surface, used for the storage of material or...
• hardstone13n. Precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics...
• hardstyle16n. A genre of electronic dance music that combines elements of trance...
• hardwired17adj. Designed to perform a specific task.
• harkening17n. The act of one who harkens or listens.
• harlequin21n. A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used...
• harmattan14n. A dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic...
• harmfully20adv. In a harmful manner.
• harmonica16n. A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow...
• harmonics16n. The science of musical sounds.
• harmonium16n. A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes...
• harmonize23v. To be in harmonious agreement.
• harpooner14n. A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales.
• harrowing16adj. Causing pain or distress; harrying.
• harshness15n. The quality of being harsh.
• hartshorn15n. The antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammonia.
• harvester15n. A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
• hashemite17n. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chromium...
• hastening13n. The act of speeding up; a growing faster.
• hastiness12n. The characteristic of being hasty.
• hatchback25n. A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards.
• hatchling18n. A newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an...
• hatchment19n. A display of the arms, supporters, crests, motto, etc of a deceased...
• hatefully18adv. In a hateful manner.
• haughtily19adv. In a haughty manner; with excessive or unwarranted pride.
• haversack21n. A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with...
• hawksbill21n. A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of...
• haworthia18n. Any member of the genus Haworthia of succulent plants resembling aloe...
• haymaking22n. The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder...
• haymarket21n. A market that sells hay as animal fodder.
• hazarding23n. Something hazarded or ventured; a guess or speculation.
• hazardous22adj. Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
• hazelwood25n. The wood of the hazel.

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• headboard16n. A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of...
• headcanon15n. Elements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an...
• headcount15n. The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
• headcover18n. A covering for the head; a head covering.
• headdress14n. A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.
• headfirst16adv. With the head in front; headlong.
• headframe18n. The structure supporting machinery above the entrance to an underground...
• headhouse16n. The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and...
• headlight17n. A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor...
• headliner13n. The headlining band or performer at a concert or similar event; the...
• headphone18n. Used with headphones.
• headpiece17n. The head; the brain; the head as the seat of intellect.
• headscarf18n. A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically...
• headshake20n. A shake of the head.
• headspace17n. The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a...
• headstall13n. The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other...
• headstand14n. The act of standing on one's head.
• headstock19n. A headframe.
• headstone13n. A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone...
• headwater16n. The source (and the initial part) of a stream.
• headworks20n. Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is...
• healthful18adj. Beneficial to bodily health.
• healthily18adv. In a healthy manner.
• heartache17n. Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their...
• heartbeat14n. One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the...
• heartburn14n. A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the...
• heartedly16adv. In a hearted manner.
• heartfelt15adj. Believed or felt deeply and sincerely.
• heartland13n. Synonym of heart (“the seat of the affections or love”).
• heartless12adj. Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
• heartmate14n. A sweetheart.
• heartsick18adj. Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
• heartsong13n. A song or message that is deeply heartfelt.
• heartwood16n. The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from...
• heartworm17n. A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, of species Dirofilaria immitis...
• heathenry18n. The state of being heathen.
• heathered16adj. Covered with heather.
• heathland16n. A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody...
• heatproof17adj. Insulating and incombustible.
• heaviness15n. The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or...
• hectoring15adj. That hectors; intimidating or domineering.
• hedysarum18n. Any of the sweetvetches of the genus Hedysarum.
• heffalump22n. (A child's name for) an elephant.
• hegemonic17adj. Of or pertaining to hegemony.
• heightism18n. A prejudiced attitude about human height that often results in...
• heightmap20n. A two-dimensional raster image used to store surface elevations that...
• heinously15adv. In a heinous manner.
• helically17adv. In a helical manner, spirally.
• heliconia14n. Any of the genus Heliconia of flowering plants.
• heliostat12n. A device that includes a plane mirror which turns so as to keep...
• hellbound15adj. Bound for Hell; damned.
• hellebore14n. Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in...
• hellhound16n. A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed...
• hellishly18adv. In a hellish manner.
• hellmouth17n. A symbolic representation of (an entrance to) Hell in the form of a...
• hellscape16n. A hellish landscape.
• hellspawn17n. A creature or creatures from hell.
• hellstorm14n. A hellish onslaught.
• helpfully20adv. In a helpful manner.
• hematuria14n. The presence of blood in the urine.
• hemicycle21n. A semicircle.
• hemolymph24n. A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the...
• hemolysin17n. Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red...
• hemolysis17n. The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of...
• hemolytic19adj. Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.
• hempcrete18n. A mixture of hemp shives and lime (possibly including sand, pozzolans...
• henpecked21adj. Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife...
• hepatitis14n. Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
• heptarchy22n. A government of seven people.
• heralding14n. The act by which something is heralded.
• herbalism16n. The use or study of medicinal herbs.
• herbalist14n. A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.
• herbarium16n. A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.
• herbicide17n. A substance used to kill plants.
• herbivore17n. An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on...
• herbivory20n. The consumption of living plant tissue by animals.
• herbology18n. The study of herbs and their medical properties, especially when...
• herceptin16n. Synonym of trastuzumab.
• hereabout14adv. Close to; nearby.
• hereafter15adv. From now on.
• heretical14adj. Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
• hereunder13adv. Under this.
• heritable14adj. That can legally be inherited.
• heritance14n. Inheritance; the act of inheriting or something inherited.
• hermandad16n. A military peacekeeping association in medieval Spain.
• hermitage15n. A house or dwelling where a hermit lives.
• hermitude15n. Synonym of hermitness.
• herniated13adj. Having or forming a hernia.
• herradura13n. A curved masonry wall characteristic of the Ancestral Puebloan road...
• hesitance14n. The act or state of hesitating.
• hesitancy17n. A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some...
• hesperian14adj. Of or relating to the Hesperiidae family of butterflies.
• heterodox20adj. Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious...
• heterosis12n. The tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a...
• heterotic14adj. Of or pertaining to heterosis.
• heuristic14adj. That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or...
• hexachord25n. A series of six tones denoted with the syllables ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la...
• hexagonal20adj. Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
• hexameric23adj. Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
• hexameter21n. A line in a poem having six metrical feet.
• hexaploid22adj. Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.

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• hibakusha21n. A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• hibernate14v. To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity...
• hiccuping19n. The making of a hiccup noise.
• hidebound16adj. Bound with the hide of an animal.
• hideously16adv. In a hideous manner.
• hierarchy20n. A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
• hieromonk18n. A monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest.
• highchair21n. An elevated chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding...
• highlands17n. A high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.
• highlight20n. An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is...
• highliner16n. A successful fisherman who catches significant numbers of fish.
• highstand17n. An interval during which the sea level was above the edge of a...
• highwater19n. Synonym of high water.
• hijacking26n. The act of one who hijacks (in any sense).
• hilarious12adj. Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.
• hillbilly17v. To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated...
• hillclimb18n. An instance of climbing (ascending) a hill in a car, especially...
• hillcrest14n. The crest of a hill.
• hillslope14n. A slope of a hill.
• hindbrain15n. The posterior part of the brain, comprising the cerebellum, pons and...
• hindering14adj. Harmful; that hinders.
• hindrance15n. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems...
• hindsight17n. Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events...
• hirsutism14n. Excessive and increased hair growth in locations where terminal hair is...
• histamine14n. An amine, C₅H₉N₃, formed by decarboxylation of histidine, that causes...
• histidine13n. An essential amino acid C₆H₉N₃O₂ found in most animal proteins...
• histogram15n. A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with...
• histology16n. The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and...
• historial12adj. Synonym of historical or historic.
• historian12n. A writer of history.
• hitchhike24v. To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of...
• hitmarker18n. An audiovisual cue indicating that an enemy has been hit.

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• hobgoblin17n. A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans.
• hobnailed15adj. Having hobnails.
• holacracy19n. A decentralised system of organizational governance with autonomous and...
• holarctic16adj. Distributed in a geographic range around the North Pole; restricted to...
• hollering13n. The act of one who hollers.
• hollowing16n. The process by which something becomes hollowed, or the result of that...
• hollyhock24n. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae...
• holocaust14n. An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.
• holograph18n. A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose...
• holonomic16adj. Exhibiting holonomy.
• holstered13adj. Containing, or stored in, a holster.
• holystone15n. A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships...
• homebound17adj. Being on one's way home: being homeward bound.
• homebuilt16adj. Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
• homebuyer19n. A person who buys or plans to buy a house.
• homecourt16n. The home court of a basketball team.
• homefield18n. A field adjacent to its owner's home.
• homegoing16n. A voyage or journey home.
• homegroup17n. A cell group (small religious study group).
• homegrown18adj. Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own...
• homemaker20n. A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her...
• homeopath19n. A person who practices homeopathy.
• homeowner17n. Someone who owns a house.
• homeplace18n. The part of a piece of land on which a home is built.
• homeslice16n. A close friend from the neighborhood.
• homestand15n. A series of games played at a team's home field.
• homestead15n. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a...
• homestyle17adj. Cooked or prepared in a traditional manner as would be done at home.
• homewards18adj. Leading toward home.
• homeworld18n. The world on which someone or something originated; a home planet or...
• homicidal17adj. Of or pertaining to homicide.
• homiletic16adj. Of or relating to a homily, or to homiletics.
• homodimer17n. A dimer derived from two identical monomers.
• homogenic17adj. Of, or related to homogeny; exhibiting similarity throughout its...
• homograph20n. A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a...
• homophile19adj. Reacting only with homologous antigens.
• homophily22n. The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
• homophobe21n. One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in...
• homophone19n. A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in...
• homophony22n. A musical texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony...
• homopolar16adj. Having symmetrically equal distribution of polarity; characterized by...
• homotopic18adj. Such that there is a homotopy (a continuous deformation) taking one to...
• homotypic21adj. Said of a taxon name which shares the exact same type as a different...
• honeycomb21n. A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax...
• honeymoon17n. The period of time immediately following a marriage.
• honorable14adj. Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
• honorific17n. A person's title, such as "Mrs" or "Doctor".
• hoovering16n. The act of cleaning using a vacuum cleaner.
• hopefully20adv. In a hopeful manner.
• hoppiness16n. The state of being hoppy.
• hopscotch21n. A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone...
• horehound16n. Any plant of the genus Marrubium.
• horniness12n. Quality of being horny, of having a texture like horn.
• horoscope16n. The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth...
• horrified16adj. Struck with horror.
• horseback20n. The back of a horse.
• horseface17n. The face of a horse.
• horsehair15n. The hair of a horse, especially from the mane and tail, used for...
• horsehead16n. The head of a horse.
• horsehide16n. Hide of a horse.
• horseless12adj. Without a horse.
• horsemeat14n. The meat from a horse.
• horseplay17n. Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical...
• horseshoe15n. The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by...
• horsetail12n. A tail of a horse.
• horsewhip20n. A whip for use on horses.
• hortatory15adj. Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.
• hortensia12n. Hydrangea (Hydrangea spp.).
• hospitium16n. An inn, lodging or hospice.
• hostilely15adv. In a hostile manner.
• hostility15n. The state of being hostile.
• hotelling13n. The short-term provision of office space to workers who either are...
• hotheaded17adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a...
• hottentot12n. Any of several fish of the genus Pachymetopon, in the family Sparidae.
• hourglass13n. A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through...
• houseboat14n. A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.
• housecall14v. To go from house to house, visiting people and trying to persuade them...
• housecarl14n. A member of the Scandinavian royal household troops.
• housecoat14n. A bathrobe or dressing gown.
• housefire15n. A large fire that occurs in a house, causing substantial damage.
• household16n. All the persons who live in a given house or other home; a family...
• houseless12adj. Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in...
• housemade15adj. Produced in house or by the establishment in which they are sold.
• housemaid15n. A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
• housemate14n. Someone living in the same house.
• houseware15n. Synonym of household goods.
• housewife18n. A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of...
• housework19n. Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
• houstonia12n. Any of the genus Houstonia of rubiaceous flowering plants.
• hoverbike21n. A motorbike capable of levitation.
• howsoever18adv. Regardless of the way in which.

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• hubristic16adj. Of or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or...
• humankind19n. The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
• humanlike18adj. Having characteristics of a human.
• humanness14n. The condition or quality of being human.
• humbucker22n. A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse...
• humdinger16n. Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.
• humectant16n. Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used...
• humiliate14v. To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
• humongous15adj. Of an extremely large size.
• humorless14adj. Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or...
• hunchback25n. One who is stooped or hunched over.
• hundredth17adj. The ordinal form of the number one hundred.
• hungering14n. The condition of one who hungers.
• hurricane14n. A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central...
• hurriedly16adv. In a hurried manner.
• hurtfully18adv. In a hurtful manner.
• husbanded16adj. Conserved.
• husbandly18adj. Characteristic of a husband; proper and fitting for a husband; marital.
• husbandry18n. The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of...
• hushpuppy24n. A small deep-fried cornmeal cake.
• huskiness16n. The property of being husky.

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• hybridity21n. Synonym of hybridism.
• hybridize27v. To form a mixture of any kind.
• hybridoma20n. A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to...
• hydantoin16n. The heterocycle imidazolidine-2,4-dione derived from urea and glycolic...
• hydrangea17n. Any of several shrubs, of the genus Hydrangea, having large clusters of...
• hydratase16n. Any enzyme that catalyzes the addition or removal of the elements of...
• hydration16n. The incorporation of water molecules into a complex with those of...
• hydraulic18adj. Pertaining to water.
• hydrazide26n. Any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group...
• hydrazine25n. A corrosive, fuming liquid, NH₂-NH₂, used as a rocket fuel.
• hydrazone25n. Any compound, of general formula R₂C=NNR₂, formally derived from an...
• hydrocele18n. An abnormal build-up of fluids at a site in the body, especially in the...
• hydrofoil19n. A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water...
• hydrolase16n. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a substrate.
• hydrology20n. The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a...
• hydrolyze28v. To subject to hydrolysis.
• hydronics18n. The use of water or another liquid as the heat-transfer medium in...
• hydronium18n. The hydrated hydrogen ion, H₃O⁺.
• hydroxide24n. A univalent anion (OH⁻) based on the hydroxyl functional group.
• hygienist16n. A person skilled in hygienics, but especially a dental assistant who...
• hymnology21n. The study of hymns; hymnody.
• hypebeast19n. A person obsessed with acquiring fashionable items, especially clothing...
• hyperbola19n. A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that...
• hyperbole19n. Deliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
• hypercard20n. A shape, used in magic tricks, made by cutting and folding a playing...
• hypercube21n. A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a...
• hyperemia19n. Excess of blood in a body part.
• hyperemic21adj. Pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperemia; congested with blood.
• hyperfine20adj. Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of...
• hypergamy23n. Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or...
• hypericin19n. A red-coloured anthraquinone derivative, extracted from St. John's wort...
• hypericum21n. Any of many flowering plants of the genus Hypericum, St. John's worts.
• hyperlink21n. The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.
• hyperloop19n. A theoretical high-speed transportation system, proposed by Elon Musk...
• hypernova20n. The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
• hyperopia19n. A disorder of the vision where the eye focuses images behind the retina...
• hyperopic21adj. Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
• hyperoxia24n. A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues; the excess itself.
• hyperreal17adj. Of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by...
• hypertext24n. Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information...
• hypertime19n. Any of various fictional or theoretical time-like constructs that...
• hyphenate20v. To break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules...
• hypnotise17v. To induce a state of hypnosis in.
• hypnotism19n. The art of inducing hypnosis.
• hypnotist17n. A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for...
• hypnotize26v. To induce a state of hypnosis in.
• hypobaric21adj. Of, relating to, or using less than normal air pressure.
• hypoblast19n. A type of tissue that forms from the inner cell mass and later is...
• hypocaust19n. An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to...

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How many nine-letter words that start with H are there?

Word.ws lists 411 nine-letter words that start with H, plus 1,603 rare ones.

What are common nine-letter words that start with H?

happening, hopefully, household, happiness, hilarious, highlight, hurricane and historian.

Which of the nine-letter words that start with H has the highest letter score?

hydrolyze scores 28 points with the standard letter tile values.

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