9-letter words containing h, a, t, i
- phthalein — any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
- pie chart — a graphic representation of quantitative information by means of a circle divided into sectors, in which the relative sizes of the areas (or central angles) of the sectors correspond to the relative sizes or proportions of the quantities.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pixie hat — a hat, usually knitted, that comes to a point
- 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.
- play with — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
- 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.
- ratherish — fairly, moderately
- rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
- reheating — heating again.
- 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.
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- reinhardt — Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhathymia — carefree behavior; light-heartedness.
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhipidate — shaped like a fan
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- right-way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rightward — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- root hair — an elongated tubular extension of an epidermal cell of a root, serving to absorb water and minerals from the soil.
- ruthenian — Also, Ruthene [roo-theen] /ruˈθin/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the inhabitants of Ruthenia, Galicia, and neighboring regions.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- sahaptian — a family of North American Indian languages consisting of Sahaptin and Nez Percé
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
- saintship — the qualities or status of a saint.
- saltishly — in a saltish manner
- schematic — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- schematik — A NeXT front-end to MIT Scheme for the NeXT by Chris Kane and Max Hailperin <[email protected]>. Schematik provides syntax-knowledgeable text editing, graphics windows and a user-interface to an underlying MIT Scheme process. It comes with MIT Scheme 7.1.3 ready to install on the NeXT and requires NEXTSTEP. Version: 1.1.5.2.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- sea fight — a fight between ships 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.
- shabbiest — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shaharith — the religious service celebrated by Jews every morning.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- sheatfish — a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
- sheathing — the act of a person who sheathes.