9-letter words containing a, n, t, h, r, i
- radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- reheating — heating again.
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- reinhardt — Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- ruthenian — Also, Ruthene [roo-theen] /ruˈθin/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the inhabitants of Ruthenia, Galicia, and neighboring regions.
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- 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.
- starshine — starlight
- 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.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
- theandric — relating to the state of being both divine and human, esp pertaining to Christ
- therezina — former name of Teresina.
- third man — Cricket. the position of a fielder on the off side between slip and point. the fielder occupying this position.
- thirdhand — previously used or owned by two successive people.
- thirdsman — an intermediary or arbitrator; the third person
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- thraiping — a thrashing
- thralling — a person who is in bondage; slave.
- thrashing — an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- threadfin — any spiny-rayed fishes of the family Polynemidae, having the lower part of the pectoral fin composed of numerous, separate, filamentous rays.
- threading — twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing.
- threating — a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
- thuringia — a state in central Germany. 5985 sq. mi. (15,550 sq. km) Capital: Erfurt.
- thwarting — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- tocharian — a member of a central Asian people of high culture, who were assimilated with other peoples about the 11th century a.d.
- tokharian — a member of a central Asian people of high culture, who were assimilated with other peoples about the 11th century a.d.
- trachinus — a weever fish
- trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
- tranching — Finance. one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment: The loan will be repaid in three tranches. a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering: The second tranche of the bond issue has a five-year maturity.
- transship — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- triathlon — an athletic contest comprising three consecutive events, usually swimming, bicycling, and distance running.
- trichinal — relating to trichina
- ultrathin — extremely thin: an ultrathin wristwatch.
- uncharity — lack of charity; uncharitable thought or behaviour; unkindness
- wear thin — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- withdrawn — past participle of withdraw.
- wreathing — a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.