9-letter words containing h, a, f, t
- handstaff — a small spear
- hard left — You use hard left to describe those members of a left wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- hatefully — In a hateful manner.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- healthful — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
- heartfelt — deeply or sincerely felt: heartfelt sympathy.
- heartfree — not in love
- heartleaf — Wild ginger, Asarum caudatum.
- heatproof — not affected or damaged by heat, especially when placed in an oven or over a direct flame: heatproof cookware.
- hereafter — after this in time or order; at some future time; farther along.
- hifalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hoarfrost — frost (def 2).
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homograft — allograft.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- hot flash — a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
- intefadeh — Alternative spelling of intifada.
- jackshaft — Also called countershaft. a short shaft, connected by belting, gears, etc., that transmits motion from a motor or engine to a machine or machines being driven (distinguished from main shaft).
- khalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- left half — a defensive player who plays midfield, on the left side of the pitch
- left-hand — on or to the left: a left-hand turn at the intersection.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- match-fit — in good physical condition for competing in a match
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- 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.
- rh factor — any of a type of specific antigen present on the surface of red blood cells, persons having inherited such antigens being designated Rh+ (Rh positive) and persons lacking them, a much smaller group, being designated Rh− (Rh negative) blood of Rh− persons is incompatible with Rh+ blood because of antibody reaction, and an Rh− woman who bears an Rh+ baby will have formed antibodies to the fetal blood that, unless removed from her bloodstream by apheresis in a subsequent pregnancy, will be carried across the placenta and destroy red blood cells of the next Rh+ fetus, resulting in erythroblastosis in the newborn.
- 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.
- tallchief — Maria, 1925–2013, U.S. ballet dancer.
- the fancy — those who follow a particular sport, esp prize fighting