9-letter words containing h, a, s, o, u
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- phase out — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- 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.
- playhouse — a theater.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
- 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.
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- shake out — If you shake out a cloth or a piece of clothing, you hold it by one of its edges and move it up and down one or more times, in order to open it out, make it flat, or remove dust.
- share out — distribute fairly
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- sour mash — a blended grain mash used in the distilling of some whiskeys, consisting of new mash and a portion of mash from a preceding run and yielding a high rate of lactic acid.
- southeast — the point or direction midway between south and east. Abbreviation: SE.
- southgate — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- southland — a southern area.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- squadoosh — nothing
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- succotash — a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.
- thallious — having a surplus of thallium
- theaceous — belonging to the Theaceae, the tea family of plants.
- thousands — a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
- tokushima — a seaport on NE Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- ultraposh — extremely posh
- vouchsafe — to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question.
- warehouse — a building, or a part of one, for the storage of goods, merchandise, etc.
- warmouths — Plural form of warmouth.
- washhouse — A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
- watchouts — the act of looking out for or anticipating something; lookout: Keep a watchout for dishonest behavior.