9-letter words containing h, s, t, r
- lyndhurst — a township in NE New Jersey.
- marathons — Plural form of marathon.
- marsh tit — a small European songbird, Parus palustris, with a black head and greyish-brown body: family Paridae (tits)
- marshwort — A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
- martyrish — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- mirthless — gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- misgrowth — an abnormal or distorted growth
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mistruths — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- mithraism — an ancient Persian religion in which Mithras was worshiped, involving secret rituals to which only men were admitted: a major competitor of Christianity in the Roman empire during the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d.
- motherers — Plural form of motherer.
- motherese — the simplified and repetitive type of speech, with exaggerated intonation and rhythm, often used by adults when speaking to babies
- motorship — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nightjars — Plural form of nightjar.
- north sea — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- northants — Northamptonshire
- northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- northings — Plural form of northing.
- northmost — northernmost.
- northside — The northern side of a building, street, area etc.
- northwest — a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbreviation: NW.
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- of theirs — belonging to or associated with them
- ohmmeters — Plural form of ohmmeter.
- orchestic — relating to dance
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orchestre — Obsolete form of orchestra.
- orchidist — an orchid grower
- orthoaxis — the axis in a crystal
- orthopods — an orthopedist.
- orthostat — (in a classical temple) any of a number of large stone slabs revetting the lower part of the cella.
- orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- orthotist — (used with a singular verb) a branch of medicine dealing with the making and fitting of orthotic devices.
- ostriches — Plural form of ostrich.
- ostrogoth — a member of the easterly division of the Goths, maintaining a monarchy in Italy, a.d. 493–555.
- otherness — the state or fact of being different or distinct.
- otherwise — under other circumstances: Otherwise they may get broken.
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outrights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outright.
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- outthrows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthrow.
- outthrust — thrust or extended outward: a friendly, outthrust hand.
- overhaste — excessive haste
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.