9-letter words containing h, a, s, t, l
- sackcloth — sacking.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- salt bath — a bath of molten salts in which steel can be immersed to soak to a uniform and accurately maintained temperature as part of the process of heat treatment. Different salts are used for different temperatures
- saltchuck — the ocean.
- saltishly — in a saltish manner
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- schmaltzy — of, relating to, or characterized by schmaltz.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable
- 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
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shirttail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- shootable — suitable for being shot
- shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
- 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.
- show flat — a newly-build flat that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- sialolith — a hard deposit occurring in a salivary gland
- slap shot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- slashfest — a film, animated film, or computer game in which victims are killed bloodily using blades
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- soft hail — snow pellets.
- southland — a southern area.
- stalworth — stalwart.
- staphylo- — uvula
- starlight — the light emanating from the stars.
- startlish — (of a horse) easily startled
- statolith — Zoology. any of the granules of lime, sand, etc., contained within a statocyst.
- staunchly — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- steelhead — a silvery rainbow trout that migrates to the sea before returning to fresh water to spawn.
- stomachal — a medication that is good for the stomach
- sublethal — almost lethal or fatal: a sublethal dose of poison.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
- talk shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- talk show — a radio or television show in which a host interviews or chats with guests, especially celebrity guests.
- tall ship — type of large sailing ship
- tallowish — resembling tallow; tallow-like
- tallyshop — a store specializing in selling merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
- teachless — without teaching
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- telophase — the final stage of meiosis or mitosis, in which the separated chromosomes reach the opposite poles of the dividing cell and the nuclei of the daughter cells form around the two sets of chromosomes.
- thalassic — of or relating to seas and oceans.
- thallious — having a surplus of thallium
- thankless — not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job.
- the blahs — a state of weariness, boredom, or general lack of interest in life
- the least — (as pronoun; functioning as sing)