9-letter words containing h, i, l, t
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- 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.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plightful — filled with distress
- plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- potholing — exploring caves
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- red light — traffic light indicating stop
- red-light — Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light.
- rhinolith — a calculus or stone formed in the nose which can lead to other medical conditions such as headaches or sinusitis
- rhodolite — a rose or reddish-violet garnet, similar to pyrope, used as a gem.
- rhyolitic — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rightless — lacking rights
- ringlight — a circular electronic flash that surrounds a camera lens, used especially for even illumination in closeup photography.
- runtishly — in a runtish manner
- rushlight — a narrow candle, formerly in use, made of the pith of various types of rush dipped in tallow
- 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.
- saltishly — in a saltish manner
- scheelite — calcium tungstate, CaWO 4 , usually occurring in tetragonal crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- sheetlike — resembling a sheet
- shelflist — a record of the books and other materials in a library arranged in the order in which the materials are stored on shelves.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shiftless — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- shirtless — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shirttail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- shit list — a list of persons held in extreme disfavor.
- shit-hole — a very bad place; a disgusting place
- shortlist — a list of those people or items preferred or most likely to be chosen, as winnowed from a longer list of possibilities.
- shot silk — silk woven to give a changing colour effect
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shrillest — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- sialolith — a hard deposit occurring in a salivary gland
- sidelight — an item of incidental information.
- sighthole — a hole, as on a quadrant, through which to see or to sight.
- sightless — unable to see; blind.
- sightline — any of the lines of sight between the spectators and the stage or playing area in a theater, stadium, etc.: Some of the sightlines are blocked by columns.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- slightest — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slighting — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.