9-letter words containing e, o, t, h
- 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.
- shot hole — a condition in plants in which small, rounded spots drop out of the leaves, appearing as if the leaves were riddled by shot, resulting from infection or injury.
- shotfirer — a person employed to detonate an explosive
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- sideshoot — a minor shoot growing from the side of a plant's stem
- sighthole — a hole, as on a quadrant, through which to see or to sight.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- smoothest — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- smotherer — a person or thing that smothers
- soft-shoe — of, relating to, or characteristic of tap dancing done in soft-soled shoes, without taps.
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- something — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- southeast — the point or direction midway between south and east. Abbreviation: SE.
- southerly — a wind that blows from the south.
- southgate — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- southwell — Saint Robert. ?1561–95, English poet and Roman Catholic martyr, who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed for his Jesuit activities. His best-known poem is 'The Burning Babe'
- southwest — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- spaceshot — a launch of a space vehicle beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- splotches — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- statehood — the status or condition of being a state, especially a state of the U.S.
- stenobath — a stenobathic organism.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stokehold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- stokehole — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- 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.
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- stoneshot — a stone's throw or the distance a person can throw a stone
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- studhorse — a stallion kept for breeding.
- sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweetshop — a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets
- tabbouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
- take hold — become established
- taoiseach — The prime minister of the Republic of Ireland is called the Taoiseach.
- tap shoes — shoes worn by tap-dancers which are equipped with taps that make a rhythmic sound when the shoes are used for dancing
- tape echo — a means of delaying the repeat of a sound by adjusting the time lapse between the recording and playback heads of a tape recorder
- tchotchke — an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.
- tea cloth — A tea cloth is the same as a tea towel.
- technikon — a technical college
- technopop — synthpop.
- telephone — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- telephony — the construction or operation of telephones or telephonic systems.
- telephoto — noting or pertaining to telephotography.