| high school |
a school that begins with grades nine or ten and ends with grade twelve. You get a diploma when you graduate from high school. |
| H.S. |
abbreviation of "High School," a school consisting of grades nine or ten through twelve or, formerly, grades seven through twelve (used in a proper name). |
| hydra |
(usu. cap.) in Greek mythology, the serpent with nine heads, of which one was immortal, slain by Hercules. [1/4 definitions] |
| indium |
a chemical element that has forty-nine protons in each nucleus and that occurs as a very soft silvery metal, often used for plating other metals and glass for mirrors. (symbol: In) |
| iron |
in golf, one of nine metal-headed clubs having faces that slope back in varying degrees, used for shots of varying lofts or distances. [1/16 definitions] |
| junior high school |
a school before high school in the United States. Junior high school usually includes grades seven, eight, and nine. Another name for junior high school is middle school. |
| lunar month |
one complete revolution of the moon around the earth, a period of approximately twenty-seven or twenty-nine days. |
| menorah |
a candlestick with seven or nine branches, used in Jewish worship. |
| Muse |
any of the nine Greek goddesses of the arts and sciences. [1/2 definitions] |
| nine |
being nine in number. [1/3 definitions] |
| ninefold |
having nine parts or elements. [3 definitions] |
| ninepins |
(used with a sing. verb) a bowling game similar to tenpins that is played with nine pins. [1/2 definitions] |
| ninety |
the number that is equal to nine times ten; 90. [1/2 definitions] |
| ninth |
one of nine equal parts of a whole. [1/2 definitions] |
| nona- |
nine. |
| nonagon |
a two-dimensional geometric figure with nine sides and nine angles. |
| nonet |
a musical composition for nine instruments, or the nine players that perform it. |
| novena |
in the Roman Catholic church, a religious observance in which prayers are said or services held for a special purpose, on nine days in a row. |
| number |
a unit with a fixed value that is used to count or to tell the position of something. You can write a number as a word or a symbol, such as "nine" or "9." [1/2 definitions] |
| octavo |
a page or book size resulting from folding a printer's sheet of paper into eight leaves, each about six inches by nine inches. |
| pinochle |
a card game that two to four players play with a deck consisting of two each of the cards from nine to ace. |