9-letter words containing a, h, i, s, t
- hispanist — a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- historian — an expert in history; authority on history.
- hit squad — a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure.
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hospitate — (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
- hostaging — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- houstonia — any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
- humanists — Plural form of humanist.
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hypaspist — a shield bearer, especially one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- ingathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingather.
- inhalants — Plural form of inhalant.
- insheathe — ensheathe.
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- isanthous — having regular flowers.
- ischiatic — Of or pertaining to the ischium.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- jack shit — anything at all; the least thing (usually used in the negative): He doesn't know jack shit.
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- jihadists — Plural form of jihadist.
- katharsis — Alt form catharsis.
- khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lithiasis — the formation or presence of stony concretions, as calculi, in the body.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- lotharios — Plural form of lothario.
- lustihead — lustiness
- machinist — a person who operates machinery, especially a skilled operator of machine tools.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.