9-letter words containing e, a, r, t, h, s
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- north sea — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- overhaste — excessive haste
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
- rap sheet — a record kept by law-enforcement authorities of a person's arrests and convictions.
- ratherest — most readily, most willingly
- ratherish — fairly, moderately
- reichsrat — German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- reichstag — the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
- scratcher — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- scratches — Old Scratch; Satan.
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- 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.
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- share out — distribute fairly
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sharp-set — eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
- shattered — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shea tree — an African tree, Butyrospermum parkii, of the sapodilla family, bearing a round, smooth-skinned fruit that contains one or more seeds yielding shea butter.
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- 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
- shvartzer — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- starshine — starlight
- stathenry — the electrostatic unit of inductance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 henries and equal to the inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one statvolt is produced by a current in the circuit which varies at the rate of one statampere per second.
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- 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
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- tabasheer — dried bamboo sap, used medicinally in the Far East
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tearsheet — a page in a newspaper or periodical that is cut or perforated so that it can be easily torn out
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil