9-letter words containing a, h, i, s, t
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- sheatfish — a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
- sheathing — the act of a person who sheathes.
- shechitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- shirttail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- shorthair — a domestic cat with a coat of short, thick hair; a cat of a shorthaired breed.
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- sialolith — a hard deposit occurring in a salivary gland
- sight gag — a comic effect produced by visual means rather than by spoken lines, as in a play or motion picture.
- sightsman — a tourist guide
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- sitz bath — a chairlike bathtub in which the thighs and hips are immersed in warm water, usually as part of a therapeutic treatment.
- sitz-bath — a chairlike bathtub in which the thighs and hips are immersed in warm water, usually as part of a therapeutic treatment.
- sixth man — a team's best substitute.
- smash hit — a person or thing that is overwhelmingly successful or popular: Both the play and the movie based on it were smash hits.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- soft hail — snow pellets.
- spaghetti — a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- stanchion — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- starlight — the light emanating from the stars.
- starshine — starlight
- startlish — (of a horse) easily startled
- statolith — Zoology. any of the granules of lime, sand, etc., contained within a statocyst.
- stay with — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- steamship — a large commercial vessel, especially one driven by steam.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- stephanie — a female given name.
- stomachic — of or relating to the stomach; gastric.
- straights — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- synanthic — relating to synanthy
- tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
- tall ship — type of large sailing ship
- tallowish — resembling tallow; tallow-like
- taoiseach — The prime minister of the Republic of Ireland is called the Taoiseach.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- teachings — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- thalassic — of or relating to seas and oceans.
- thallious — having a surplus of thallium
- thanatism — the belief that the soul ceases to exist when the body dies