9-letter words containing a, s, h, t, o, r
- shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
- shorthair — a domestic cat with a coat of short, thick hair; a cat of a shorthaired breed.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- shortwall — pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery.
- shortwave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- stalworth — stalwart.
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- strayhorn — William ("Billy") 1915–67, U.S. jazz pianist and composer: collaborator with Duke Ellington.
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- thorshavn — a city in and the capital of the Faeroe Islands, in the N Atlantic.
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trap shot — half volley.
- trehalose — a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- trossachs — a valley in central Scotland, in Perth county, near Loch Katrine.
- ultraposh — extremely posh
- wadsworth — a city in N Ohio.
- warmouths — Plural form of warmouth.