9-letter words containing h, a, r, s, t
- parthians — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- rajasthan — a state in NW India; formerly Rajputana and a group of small states. 132,078 sq. mi. (342,056 sq. km). Capital: Jaipur.
- 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.
- 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.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
- 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.
- shaharith — the religious service celebrated by Jews every morning.
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- share out — distribute fairly
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
- 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.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- shirttail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- short-day — requiring a short photoperiod.
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
- shorthair — a domestic cat with a coat of short, thick hair; a cat of a shorthaired breed.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- shortwall — pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery.
- 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.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- spreathed — sore; chapped