9-letter words containing f, a, t, s, h
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- 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.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- self-hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- shaftless — lacking a shaft
- shamefast — shamefaced.
- sheatfish — a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
- show flat — a newly-build flat that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
- slashfest — a film, animated film, or computer game in which victims are killed bloodily using blades
- soft hail — snow pellets.
- soothfast — based on the truth; true.
- whipstaff — a bar attached to a ship's tiller to assist with steering