9-letter words containing h, s, t, r
- horsemeat — The flesh of a horse as food.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- horseshit — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.
- hot press — a hot press is an airing cupboard for clothes
- hot-press — a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.
- hot-short — (of steel or wrought iron) brittle when heated, usually due to high sulfur content.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- hubristic — excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
- hucksters — Plural form of huckster.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- humorists — Plural form of humorist.
- humourist — (British) alternative spelling of humorist.
- hungriest — Superlative form of hungry.
- hunteress — Obsolete form of huntress.
- hybridist — someone who hybridizes or cross-breeds (animals or plants)
- hybristic — hubris.
- hydranths — Plural form of hydranth.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- hygristor — an electronic component the resistance of which varies with humidity
- hygrostat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- ingathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingather.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- inshelter — to put in a shelter
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- intermesh — any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- ironsmith — a worker in iron; blacksmith.
- isorhythm — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- isotheres — Plural form of isothere.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- jobsworth — (chiefly, British) A minor worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.
- kantharos — a deep bowl set upon a stem terminating in a foot and having two handles rising from the brim and curving downward to join the body.
- karpathos — an island off the SE coast of Greece, part of the Dodecanese Islands, in the Aegean Sea. 110 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- katharsis — Alt form catharsis.
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- lanthorns — Plural form of lanthorn.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- lotharios — Plural form of lothario.