9-letter words containing h, i, s, e
- ingathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingather.
- inhearsed — Simple past tense and past participle of inhearse.
- inmeshing — Present participle of inmesh.
- insheathe — ensheathe.
- inshelter — to put in a shelter
- inshrined — Simple past tense and past participle of inshrine.
- inshrines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inshrine.
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- intermesh — any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- irish elk — an extinct deerlike mammal of the genus Megaceros (Megaloceros), of the Pleistocene Epoch, having in the male extremely large, broad antlers.
- irish sea — a part of the Atlantic between Ireland and England.
- irish yew — a variety of yew, Taxus baccata stricta, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having upright branches and dark green foliage with color variations.
- ischaemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischaemic — (UK, pathology, cardiology) alternative spelling of ischemic.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- isocheims — Plural form of isocheim.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isohaline — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- isotheres — Plural form of isothere.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- isthmuses — Plural form of isthmus.
- itchiness — having or causing an itching sensation.
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- jewelfish — a brightly colored cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus, native to Africa: popular in home aquariums.
- jewfishes — Plural form of jewfish.
- jibberish — Alternative spelling of gibberish.
- jockeyish — resembling a jockey
- jokesmith — (jocular) A person who devises jokes.
- joseph ii — 1741–90, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1765–90 (son of Francis I; brother of Leopold II and Marie Antoinette).
- josephine — Empress (Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie) Beauharnais, Joséphine de.
- judgeship — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- kerchiefs — Plural form of kerchief.
- kittenish — coyly playful.
- klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- kuibyshev — a port in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- la chaise — Père François d'Aix de [frahn-swa de duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.
- lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.