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9-letter words containing h, e, a, t, s, o

  • metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
  • moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
  • north sea — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
  • northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
  • oasthouse — Alternative spelling of oast house.
  • orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
  • osteopath — a physician who practices osteopathy.
  • 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.
  • overhaste — excessive haste
  • overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
  • pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
  • pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
  • parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
  • pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
  • 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.
  • phosphate — Chemistry. (loosely) a salt or ester of phosphoric acid. a tertiary salt of orthophosphoric acid, as sodium phosphate.
  • posthaste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
  • rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
  • rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
  • seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • shootable — suitable for being shot
  • shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
  • shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
  • 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
  • siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
  • southeast — the point or direction midway between south and east. Abbreviation: SE.
  • southgate — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • spaceshot — a launch of a space vehicle beyond the earth's atmosphere.
  • statehood — the status or condition of being a state, especially a state of the U.S.
  • stenobath — a stenobathic organism.
  • stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
  • stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
  • stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
  • stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
  • sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
  • taoiseach — The prime minister of the Republic of Ireland is called the Taoiseach.
  • tap shoes — shoes worn by tap-dancers which are equipped with taps that make a rhythmic sound when the shoes are used for dancing
  • 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.
  • the coast — in the U.S., the Pacific coast
  • theaceous — belonging to the Theaceae, the tea family of plants.
  • theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
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