9-letter words containing h, o, r, s
- southport — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England: resort.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- stalworth — stalwart.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stinkhorn — any of various rank-smelling, brown-capped mushrooms of the genus Phallus, especially P. impudicus.
- stockhorn — pibgorn.
- 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.
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- strayhorn — William ("Billy") 1915–67, U.S. jazz pianist and composer: collaborator with Duke Ellington.
- strongish — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- 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).
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- studhorse — a stallion kept for breeding.
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- superhero — a hero, especially in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers.
- supershow — an exceptional show
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.
- swashwork — a type of work done on a lathe, which is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation of the work
- swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
- synchrony — simultaneous occurrence; synchronism.
- the cross — the cross on which Jesus was put to death
- the lords — the House of Lords in the British Parliament
- the norse — the Norwegians
- the roost — a powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands
- the ropes — the fence made of rope that is around the edge of the area where a boxing or wrestling match takes place
- the score — the actual situation; the true facts
- the sword — violence, warfare
- the trots — diarrhoea
- the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- the worst — the least good or most inferior person, thing, or part in a group, narrative, etc
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- theorised — to form a theory or theories.
- thermoset — a material, esp a synthetic plastic or resin, that hardens permanently after one application of heat and pressure
- thornbush — any of various shrubs or bushes having spines or thorns.
- thorshavn — a city in and the capital of the Faeroe Islands, in the N Atlantic.
- threesome — consisting of three; threefold.
- threshold — the sill of a doorway.
- throbless — pertaining to something that does not throb or pulsate or that lacks emotion
- thrombose — to become or affect with a thrombus
- throwster — a person who throws silk or synthetic filaments.
- thyristor — a semiconductor device having two stable states, used as an electronic switch.
- to horse! — an order to mount horses
- to rights — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trap shot — half volley.
- treehouse — a small house, especially one for children to play in, built or placed up in the branches of a tree.
- trehalose — a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- trichosis — any disease of the hair.