9-letter words containing e, n, t, h, s
- nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- netphones — Plural form of netphone.
- new maths — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- nietzsche — Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1844–1900, German philosopher.
- nightless — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nightside — Journalism. the night shift of a newspaper.
- nontheism — Any of a range of concepts regarding spirituality and religion which do not include the idea of a deity in the form of a theistic god or gods.
- nontheist — One who is not a theist; an atheist.
- nonwhites — Plural form of nonwhite.
- 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.
- northside — The northern side of a building, street, area etc.
- northwest — a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbreviation: NW.
- noughties — The decade from 2000 to 2009.
- nut house — a mental hospital; insane asylum.
- nutshells — Plural form of nutshell.
- otherness — the state or fact of being different or distinct.
- oughtness — the state of being right
- outshined — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outshine.
- pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pantheist — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- phenetics — classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- phonetist — a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- pithiness — brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
- rethondes — a village in N France near Compiègne: armistice ending World War I signed here 1918.
- rightness — correctness or accuracy.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- schatchen — shadkhan.
- schnittke — Alfred, 1934–1998, Russian composer.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- se'nnight — a week.
- 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.
- seventhly — as the seventh point; linking what follows to the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sheathing — the act of a person who sheathes.
- shenstone — William, 1714–63, English poet.
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.