9-letter words containing h, a, s, o, u
- esophagus — The part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- eurotrash — fashionable Europeans, traveling or living abroad, of a type regarded variously as pretentious, shallow, irresponsible, parasitic, etc.
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- forasmuch — Inasmuch, seeing (that).
- gatehouse — a house at or over a gate, used as a gatekeeper's quarters, fortification, etc.
- gauchesco — of or relating to gauchos
- goulashes — Plural form of goulash.
- guarulhos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
- hadrosaur — a bipedal dinosaur of the genus Hadrosaurus, belonging to the ornithopod family Hadrosauridae of the late Cretaceous Period, having broad, flat jaws for scooping up water plants.
- halituous — (obsolete) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
- harborous — welcoming and offering hospitality
- hashhouse — (US colloquial) A cheap diner or eating-house.
- haushofer — Karl, 1860–1946, German geographer and general: political adviser to Hitler.
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- hazardous — full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
- hilarious — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- hourglass — an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- housemaid — a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
- housemate — a person with whom one shares a house or other residence.
- houseware — Homeware.
- houstonia — any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
- humanoids — Plural form of humanoid.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- isanthous — having regular flowers.
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- madhouses — Plural form of madhouse.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- masthouse — a place, usually in a dockyard, in which masts are stored
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mouthwash — a solution, often containing antiseptic, astringent, and breath-sweetening agents, used for cleansing the mouth and teeth, and for gargling.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- oasthouse — Alternative spelling of oast house.
- onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- outwashes — Plural form of outwash.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.