9-letter words containing h, i, p, s, t
- prosthion — the most forward projecting point of the anterior surface of the upper jaw, in the midsagittal plane.
- prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- putschist — a participant in a putsch.
- sahaptian — a family of North American Indian languages consisting of Sahaptin and Nez Percé
- saintship — the qualities or status of a saint.
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.
- sheeptick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
- shotpoint — A shotpoint is a place at the surface of the Earth where a seismic source is activated.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- slipsheet — a sheet so inserted.
- slo pitch — slow pitch
- slo-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- spaghetti — a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- sprightly — animated or vivacious; lively.
- steamship — a large commercial vessel, especially one driven by steam.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- stephanie — a female given name.
- stephen i — Saint, died a.d. 257? pope 254–257.
- sth is up — If you say that something is up, you mean that something is wrong or that something worrying is happening.
- stitch up — sew a wound
- stoplight — traffic light.
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- superthin — extremely thin
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- tall ship — type of large sailing ship
- thaneship — thanage.
- the pipes — the bagpipes
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- tip sheet — a short publication containing the latest information, predictions, and tips for a particular business or subject: tip sheets for horse racing; a tip sheet for gamblers; a stock-market tip sheet; a tip sheet about safety concerns.
- tisiphone — one of the Furies.
- titleship — lawful claim to title, especially of property.
- topstitch — to sew a line of stitches on the face side of (a garment or the like) alongside a seam.
- transship — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- triphasic — having or existing in three phases.
- troopship — a ship for the conveyance of military troops; transport.
- tutorship — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- typhlitis — inflammation of the cecum.