9-letter words containing h, s, u, a
- sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
- shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- shut away — keep confined
- skean dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skean-dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- sour mash — a blended grain mash used in the distilling of some whiskeys, consisting of new mash and a portion of mash from a preceding run and yielding a high rate of lactic acid.
- southeast — the point or direction midway between south and east. Abbreviation: SE.
- southgate — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- southland — a southern area.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- squabbish — rather short and fat or thick
- squadoosh — nothing
- squashing — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- squawbush — a rank-smelling, sprawling shrub, Rhus trilobata malacophylla, of the cashew family, native to California, having spikes of greenish flowers.
- squawfish — any of several large, voracious cyprinid fishes of the genus Ptychocheilus, inhabiting rivers of the western U.S. and Canada: the Colorado squawfish, P. lucius, is endangered.
- squeamish — fastidious or dainty.
- squirarch — a person who believes in government by squires
- stag hunt — a hunt carried out to find and kill stags
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- staunchly — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- sub-phase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- subahdary — the position or office of subadar
- subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
- subchaser — submarine chaser.
- subhalide — a halide containing a relatively small proportion of the halogen, as mercurous chloride.
- subhedral — (of mineral grains comprising igneous rocks) having a partial or incomplete crystal face or form.
- sublethal — almost lethal or fatal: a sublethal dose of poison.
- subschema — a part of a computer database which is used by an individual
- succotash — a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.
- such that — so that: used to express purpose or result
- sugarbush — an evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of the cashew family, native to the desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having light yellow flowers in short, dense spikes and hairy, dark-red fruit.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sunshades — something used as a protection from the rays of the sun, as an awning or a parasol.
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- suquamish — a member of a Salishan-speaking North American Indian people of Washington, near Puget Sound.
- surcharge — an additional charge, tax, or cost.
- suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.
- sushi bar — restaurant serving Japanese rice dishes
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.